quotations about reputation
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
MARGARET MITCHELL
Gone with the Wind
For how few ambitious men are there, who have got as much fame as they desired, and whose thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of their reputation, as it was before they became known and eminent among men?
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, No. 256
Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than a great reputation.
PLINY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Reputation is a poor thing to live on.
EDLIN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Everywhere I go, I'm second to arrive. My reputation precedes me, and sometimes it skips out on the bill.
JAROD KINTZ
At even one penny this book would be overpriced