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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. 
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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!
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
 Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people 
twice the time of others.  
 Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people 
twice the time of others. 
 It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of 
reputation but by himself.  
 It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of 
reputation but by himself.