Quotes by Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes >>

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, >>

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of >>

Quotations about Reputation

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were. >>

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the >>

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. I >>

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

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De