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

"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."

"Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides."
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