quotations about reputation
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
MARGARET MITCHELL
Gone with the Wind
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue; we have seen a thousand people esteemed, either for the merit they had not attained, or for that they no longer possessed.
ST. EVREMOND
attributed, Day's Collacon
Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than a great reputation.
PLINY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Reputation is a poor thing to live on.
EDLIN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Everywhere I go, I'm second to arrive. My reputation precedes me, and sometimes it skips out on the bill.
JAROD KINTZ
At even one penny this book would be overpriced