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Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people
twice the time of others.
Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people
twice the time of others.
Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land,
Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;
And thou, too read more
Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land,
Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;
And thou, too careless patient as thou art,
Committ'st thy anointed body to the cure
Of those physicians that first wounded thee.
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.]
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the
reputation I bear.
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The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the
reputation I bear.
[Ger., Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich
Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf.]
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.
I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of read more
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the
voters.
My reputation grows with every failure.
My reputation grows with every failure.