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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.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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.]
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.
O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of
myself, and what remains is bestial. read more
O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of
myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my
reputation!
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation read more
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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.
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
