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When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills,
And I must minister the like to you.
When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills,
And I must minister the like to you.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll read more
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms.
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms.
Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
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Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
The wise for cure on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where read more
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the
reputation I bear.
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The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the
reputation I bear.
[Ger., Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich
Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf.]
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
