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Quote by Mignon McLaughlin
We would all like a reputation for generosity and wed all like to

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

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There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone but, years after, we know it was much later. – Mignon McLaughlin

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

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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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