`Honi soit qui mal y pense` (UK, US) is an Anglo-Norman phrase, loosely meaning: `Shamed be he who thinks ill of it`, though more specifically `Evil unto him who thinks evil of it`. Archaic spellings include `Honi soit quy mal y pense,` and `Hony soyt qe mal y pense,` and various other phoneticizations. It is the motto of the British chi...
shamed be the person who thinks evil of it: motto of the Order of the Garter.