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A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
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.
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation read more
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
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 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.
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.