#reputation

Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#gossip #libel #public-opinion #reputation #rumor

Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#men

You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied. 'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently. 'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal! ↗

— Mikhail Bulgakov

#fame #immortality #reputation #confidence

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#rarely #reputation #virtue

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

#brave #coward #defeat #even #his

We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#another #coming #court #forces #got

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

— William Shakespeare

#false #got #idle #imposition #lost

It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States. ↗

— Peter Singer

#america #around #clearer #damage #doing

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#another #being #bum #neighborhood #pride

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#gigantic #like #ones #precedes #proportion