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Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the
popular breath may chance to raise him.
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I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the
popular breath may chance to raise him.
[Ger., Ich halte nichts von dem, der von sich denkt
Wie ihn das Volk vielleicht erheben mochte.]
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.
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 lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
My reputation grows with every failure.
My reputation grows with every failure.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
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.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where read more
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.