Quote by Lord Jeffrey
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by o

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

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The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. – Lord Jeffrey

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A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. – Joseph Hall

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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. – Pliny The Elder

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We would all like a reputation for generosity and wed all like to buy it cheap. – Mignon McLaughlin

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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. – Jeanette Winterson

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All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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