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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.
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.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
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.
A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
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.
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.]
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.
