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Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.
Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.
A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.
Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the read more
Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
Better to see the face than to hear the name.
Better to see the face than to hear the name.