Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eye. S. Lover.

Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly. Solon.

Republics end with luxury; monarchies, with poverty. Montesquieu.

Reputation is an idle and false imposition, oft 5 got without merit, and lost without deserving; you have lost no reputation at all unless you repute yourself such a loser. Othello, ii. 3.

Reputation is commonly measured by the acre. Pr.

Reputation is in itself only a farthing candle, of a wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. Lowell.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. St. Evermond.

Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and angels know of us. Thomas Paine.

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O I have 10 lost my reputation. I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. Othello, ii. 3.

Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a picture. Pr.