Reputation Quote by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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

— Charles M De Talleyrand

The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than…

— French Proverb

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

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

— Jack Miner

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself - and what is a man's shadow but…

— Djuna Barnes

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

— Djuna Barnes

Our reputation is shadow of our character, and the shadow is of our virtue and values which we inherit.

— Anil Sinha

“There are episodes in most men's lives in which their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects that fill their…

— George Eliot

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

— Anonymous

His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity…

— John Bartholomew Gough

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

— Abraham Lincoln