"He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause."
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"A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow."
"Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth."
"Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis."
"If I were worried about my reputation, I wouldn't do anything with start-ups"
"I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life."
"My career suffered massively because I had a reputation for being a very tabloid person."
"Our reputations do not come from how we talk about ourselves. Our reputations come from how others talk about us."
"Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory."
"Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can..."
"A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought."
"I lost my reputation, I forgot my truth. But I have my beauty and I have my youth."
"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."
"I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge."
"The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear."
"I am better than my reputation"
"All gods are better than their reputation."
"Posterity is always just."
"If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it."
"I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him."