“ i  prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating”. By sophocles

What this quote means is that you have to be honest all the time. Even if you are going to lose something you have to be honest. Because if you are not honest you will pay the consequences later in the future. This is why you have to be honest while doing something. Anything that you do wrong will return and punish you because you did the wrong thing. Instead of doing what is right. Instead of been honest all the time. While you are honest all the time nothing bad will happen to you.