"Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is."
~
Gone With The Wind
by
Margaret Mitchell
The majority of crimes in the world are committed by people for the same reason—they want to be thought well of.
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The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by
Edgar Wallace
"Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom."
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Old Rose and Silver
by
Myrtle Reed
"She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful."
~
Little Dorrit
by
Charles Dickens
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
~
Penrod
by
Booth Tarkington
"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done."
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A Study in Scarlet
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial."
~
Othello
by
William Shakespeare