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 Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land,
 Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;
  And thou, too read more 
 Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land,
 Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;
  And thou, too careless patient as thou art,
   Committ'st thy anointed body to the cure
    Of those physicians that first wounded thee. 
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when read more
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
 To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but 
utterly shameless.
 [Lat., Negligere quid read more 
 To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but 
utterly shameless.
 [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis 
est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.] 
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
 O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of 
myself, and what remains is bestial. read more 
 O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of 
myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my 
reputation! 
 For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
 [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem 
Rufe.]  
 For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
 [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem 
Rufe.] 
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.
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.