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When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
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.]
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when read more
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.
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!
That man is thought a dangerous knave,
Or zealot plotting crime,
Who for advancement of his kind
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That man is thought a dangerous knave,
Or zealot plotting crime,
Who for advancement of his kind
Is wiser than his time.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
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.
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.
