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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputa

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. – Charles Caleb Colton

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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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For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb

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