The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die.

  • -- Benjamin Haydon 本杰明海顿

最大的困难是首先赢得声誉;你活着的时候留下它;然后在你死后保存它。

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Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

迅速不仅是一种责任,也是良好礼貌的一部分;它有利于财富、声誉、影响和用途;稍加注意和精力就会养成习惯,使之变得轻松愉快。

I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.

我觉得有时候我的幽默非常枯燥,很多时候我会说一些我认为很有趣的事情,但是……我有一个名声——人们认为我是一个非常原教旨主义者,缺乏幽默感的人。