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To be pointed out with the finger.
To be pointed out with the finger.
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the
popular breath may chance to raise him.
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I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the
popular breath may chance to raise him.
[Ger., Ich halte nichts von dem, der von sich denkt
Wie ihn das Volk vielleicht erheben mochte.]
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.
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!
It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of
reputation but by himself.
It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of
reputation but by himself.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
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 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.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
