Repute Quotes

26 quotes by 23 authors

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be… — James Russell Lowell
Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being… — Will Durant
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you have taken the scrape and… — Charles Edward Montague
Over the past eighteen years I have acted as a scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force on the subject of unidentified flying objects -… — J. Allen Hynek
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real… — Herman Melville
Character is "a stamp of good repute on a person." — Euripides
I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute,… — Joseph Haydn
Of course, let us have peace, we cry, "but at the same time let us have normalcy, let us lose nothing, let our lives stand… — Daniel Berrigan
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and… — Thorstein Veblen
Never hope to conceal any shameful thing which you have done; for even if you do conceal it from others, your own heart will know.… — Isocrates
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security… — Albert Einstein
Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all the… — Baltasar Gracian
The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden the base of… — Charles H. Percy
If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly… — Isocrates
I guess there is no two races of people in worse repute with everybody than the international bankers, and the folks that put all those… — Will Rogers
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices… — Thornton Wilder
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Autumnal -- nothing to do with leaves. It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges of the day ... Brown is creeping… — Tom Stoppard
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. — Tacitus
I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm and reasonable kindness.… — Leigh Hunt

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