When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.

When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, read more

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of
me.
[Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]

A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.

A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street.

My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
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My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
Man are but gilded loam or painted clay.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.