Reputation

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

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Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.

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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,And makes me poor indeed.

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The purest treasure mortal times affordMen are but gilded loam or painted clay.

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Thy death-bed is no lesser than thy landWherein thou liest in reputation sick.

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I see my reputation is at stake:My fame is shewdly gor'd.

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'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd, When not to be receives reproach of being;

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Fame's a weed, but repute is a slow-growing oak, and all we can do during our lifetimes is hop around like squirrels and plant acorns.

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See that your character is right, and in the long run your reputation will be right.

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It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.

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No book was ever written down by any but itself.

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That man is thought a dangerous knave, Is wiser than his time.

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Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation. In all things resolve to act as though the whole world would see what you do; for even if you conceal your deeds for the moment, later you will be found out. But most of all will you have the respect of men, if you are seen to avoid doing things which you would blame others for doing.

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Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

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Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

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How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!

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To be pointed out with the finger.

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Convey a libel in a frown,And wink a reputation down!

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Ought I not to have been more careful to win the good opinion of others, more determined to conquer their hostility or indifference? It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation—to force the esteem of others—seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.

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I hold it as certain, that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.

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And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

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They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

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How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

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A man may be reputed an able man this year, and yet be a beggar the next: it is a misfortune that happens to many men, and his former reputation will signify nothing.

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The tree is known by his fruit.

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The blaze of a reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket.

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The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another : I want your approbation, you stand in need of mine. By forsaking the converse of men, we forsake the virtues necessary for society; for when one is alone, one is apt to grow negligent; the world forces you to have a guard over yourself.

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Would you be esteemed? live with persons that are estimable.

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And I honor the man who is willing to sink Will risk t'other half for the freedom to speak.

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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

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Are you not ashamed that you give your attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputation and honor, and give no attention or thought to truth and understanding and the perfection of your soul?

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In those days, when people were not wise like you young people, they were content to listen to a tree or a rock in simple openness, just as long as it spoke the truth, but to you, perhaps, it makes a difference who is speaking and where he comes from.

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In various talk th' instructive hours they past,At every word a reputation dies.

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The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit.

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I have offended reputation,A most unnoble swerving.

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