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

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

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

Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime Crime is the last resort of political half wits.

Espresso is to Italy what champagne is to France.

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it.

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

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

Their families helped them realize that there was more out there for them. These students came to Delaware State because of its inexpensive tuition, closeness to home, and solid reputation.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.