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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.
My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
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My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
Man are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of read more
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the
voters.
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.
It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.
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.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
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.
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.