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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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

声誉是男人和女人对我们的看法;品格是上帝和天使对我们的认知。

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

生命本身不过是死亡的影子,灵魂的离去不过是活人的影子。

Face to face, each classic case. We shadow box and double cross. Yet need the chase.

面对面,每一个经典案例。我们的影子框和双交叉。但需要追逐。

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

希望是世界上唯一一个永远不会失去诚实名声的说谎者。