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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A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

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Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down! – Henry Rink

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Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. – Lord Jeffrey

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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. – Dag Hammarskjold

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