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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.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
To be pointed out with the finger.
To be pointed out with the finger.
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem
Rufe.]
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem
Rufe.]
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.
