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

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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. – Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)

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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. – Benjamin Franklin

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