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"The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you."
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"When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break."

"Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers."

"He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world."

"What people say and feel about you when you've left a room is precisely your job while you are in it."

"That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens!"

"Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist."

"For your fourth consoling thought, I would point out that in this venue,' a wave of his finger took in Vorbarr Sultana, and by extension Barrayar, 'acquiring a reputation as a slick and dangerous man, who would kill without compunction to obtain and protect his own, is not all bad. In fact, you might even find it useful.''Useful! Have you found the name of the Butcher of Komarr a handy prop, then, sir?' Miles said indignantly.His father's eyes narrowed, partly in grim amusement, partly in appreciation. 'I've found it a mixed . . . damnation."

"You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending."

"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."

"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."
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"Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it."

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money."

"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."

"When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters."

"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."
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