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Reputation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.— RICHARD BENTLEY — MONK's Life of Bentley. Vol. I. Ch. VI.

A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.— GAY — Fables. The Fox at the Point of Death. L. 46.

Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.— MRS. JAMESON — Memoirs and Essays.

Washington Allston. Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.— DOUGLAS JERROLD — Specimens of

Jerrold's Wit. Reputations. How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!— MONTAIGNE — Essays. Of Glory.

To be pointed out with the finger.— PERSIUS — Satires. I. L. 28.

In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.— POPE — Rape of the Lock. Pt. III. L. 11.

But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 159.

I have offended reputation, A most unnoble swerving.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act III. Sc. 11. L. 49.

Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf. The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the fame I bear.— SCHILLER — Marie Stuart. III. 4. 208.

Denn ein wanderndes Mädchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe. For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. Q.— GOETHE — Hermann und Dorothea.

VII. 93. Ich halte nichts von dem, der von sich denkt Wie ihn das Volk vielleicht erheben möchte. I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.— GOETHE — Iphigenia auf Tauris. II. 1.