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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
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.
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!
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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.
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.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
