Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

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.

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.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

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.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!