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Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than read more
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid read more
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis
est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]
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.
