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Reputation16 quotes
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. — Edgar W. Howe · 1877He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones. — William Shakespeare · 1599I'm kind of a big deal...people know me. — Ron Burgundy · 2004Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare · 1604All 16 quotes →Self-importance2 quotes
I'm kind of a big deal...people know me. — Ron Burgundy · 2004I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. — Ron Burgundy · 2004Appearance vs. reality1 quote
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887Character1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Consumerism1 quote
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. — Thorstein Veblen · 1899Delusion1 quote
I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. — Ron Burgundy · 2004Display of wealth1 quote
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. — Thorstein Veblen · 1899Gossip1 quote
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. — Edgar W. Howe · 1877Heroes and villains1 quote
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. — Harvey Dent · 2008Influences1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Negative influences1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Randomness1 quote
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare · 1604Silence is golden1 quote
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't say anything. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Staying quiet1 quote
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't say anything. — Blaise Pascal · 1662The company one keeps1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733