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 I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the 
popular breath may chance to raise him.
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 I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the 
popular breath may chance to raise him.
 [Ger., Ich halte nichts von dem, der von sich denkt
  Wie ihn das Volk vielleicht erheben mochte.] 
 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 good reputation is more valuable than money.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
 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.] 
 Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. 
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, read more 
 Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. 
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of 
me.
 [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
  Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.] 
 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. 
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
 Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without 
merit and lost without deserving.  
 Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without 
merit and lost without deserving.