quotations about reputation
For how few ambitious men are there, who have got as much fame as they desired, and whose thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of their reputation, as it was before they became known and eminent among men?
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, No. 256
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
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
MARGARET MITCHELL
Gone with the Wind
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