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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best
teach it to dance.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best
teach it to dance.
To be pointed out with the finger.
To be pointed out with the finger.
I see my reputation is at stake;
My fame is shrewdly gored.
I see my reputation is at stake;
My fame is shrewdly gored.
A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
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.
