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

  • -- Charles De Talleyrand Perigord 查尔斯·德塔雷兰德·佩里戈尔

一个人的名誉就像一个影子,它在你之前是巨大的,在它之后是渺小的。

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Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

凡为众人服事的,就是为要得着尊荣,就是大财,大回报,大满意,大名声,和大喜乐。

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

女人的美德往往只是对她们自己的宁静和对她们名誉的柔情的尊重。

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor shall be lifted--nevermore.

我的灵魂将从那漂浮在地板上的阴影中升起——永不再升起。

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

一个人可以生活在一个想法的阴影下而不去理解它。