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That man is thought a dangerous knave,
Or zealot plotting crime,
Who for advancement of his kind
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That man is thought a dangerous knave,
Or zealot plotting crime,
Who for advancement of his kind
Is wiser than his time.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll read more
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is read more
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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.
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.
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.
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.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.