Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Only Certainty - Oblivion

Cover Art for The Oblivion SocietyImage via WikipediaTo be somebody you must last. – Ruth Gordon




Some men’s reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance. – Archbishop Richard Whateley



The most serviceable of all assets is reputation – it works for you automatically – 24 hours a day. Unlike money, reputation cannot be bequeathed. It is always personal. It must be acquired. Brains alone, however brilliant, cannot win it. – Otto Kahn



These are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg



One may be better than his reputation, but never better than his principles. – Nicholas Valentin de Latena



A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune. – Henry Ward Beecher



Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. – Mark Twain


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