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A good name is more desirable than great riches.

One's reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

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

Reputations are made every day and every minute.

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. One list of human stories is used examples -- do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.

A person's reputation is like his shadow-sometimes it follows and sometimes it precedes him; and sometimes it is smaller and sometimes it is bigger than him.

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print... Substitute drunken dog, ragged head, self-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question.

There are two way of establishing a reputation; one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

It takes years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.