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A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.—BACON, Of Praise
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It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.—RICHARD BENTLEY
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Reputation said: "If once we sever,
Our chance of future meeting is but vain;
Who parts from me, must look to part for ever,
For Reputation lost comes not again."—CHARLES LAMB, Love, Death, and Reputation
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He that regardeth not his reputation, despiseth virtue.—Proverb
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A common blot is held no stain.—Proverb
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Beware of him who regards not his reputation.—Proverb
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Better be ill spoken of by one before all, than by all before one.—Proverb
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No ruins are so irreparable as those of reputation.—Proverb
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Reputation is commonly measured by the acre.—Proverb
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Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without fault.—Proverb
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Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a picture.—Proverb
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Men take less care of their conscience than their reputation.—Proverb
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A wounded reputation is seldom cured.—Proverb
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A good reputation is more valuable than money.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
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I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello
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Reputation, reputation, reputation!
Oh! I have lost my reputation. I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello
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They say a carpenter's known by his chips.—SWIFT, Polite Conversation
