“Death only closes a Man's Reputation, and determines it as good or bad.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 349 (10 April 1712)
Famously seen on the brothel wall in the film Easy Rider.
The Spectator (1711–1714)
Bound 2
Lyrics, Yeezus (2013)
“Death only closes a Man's Reputation, and determines it as good or bad.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 349 (10 April 1712)
Famously seen on the brothel wall in the film Easy Rider.
The Spectator (1711–1714)
Michelle Phillips (1944) Singer, actress
The Chicago Tribune http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-07-05/entertainment/8602170918_1_michelle-phillips-mamas-papa-john (July 5, 1986)
“He has earned his reputation as the toughest son of a bitch in the WWE!”
Jim Ross (1952) American professional wrestling commentator, professional wrestling referee, and restaurateur
during the entrance of Stone Cold Steve Austin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin in Wrestlemania XIX, before his match with The Rock <br class="br">Commentary Nicknames
“At every word a reputation dies.”
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto III, line 16.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975) Greek shipping magnate
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 73 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
“A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Source: The Gay Science
“How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!”
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) Poet, essayist, physician
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)
“Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.”
Lois McMaster Bujold A Civil Campaign
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)