Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

Quote by George William Curtis

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Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where...

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where...

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.