I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.

I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.

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.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

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.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.