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How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
 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. 
I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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.
 If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best 
teach it to dance.  
 If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best 
teach it to dance. 
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
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.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.