Quote by Samuel Johnson
The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. – Samuel Johnson

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His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity. – John B. Gough

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A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7:1 – Bible

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Id like people to think of me as someone who cares about them. – Princess of Wales Diana

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How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made! – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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