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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!
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
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.]
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.
A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.
A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.
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.
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
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.
