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No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
My reputation grows with every failure.
My reputation grows with every failure.
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid read more
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but
utterly shameless.
[Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis
est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
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My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. That away,
Man are but gilded loam or painted clay.
