| 1875 - 540 pągines
...le suit et tantdt le precede ; quelquefois elle est plus longue et quelquefois plus courte que lui. Fr. prov. — " The reputation of a man is like his...according to our relative position to the sun, so is the reputation of many men either magnified or diminished from relative situations and circumstances.... | |
| Definitions - 1881 - 160 pągines
...of fools. -"A salve, a comfort, and a cordial'; He that hath her, the keys of heaven hath." Drayton. Reputation — Of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes...longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. — O — I Resignation — Putting God between one's self and one's grief. Rhyme — " The rudder... | |
| Charles Elihu Slocum - 1882 - 716 pągines
...are fools effeminate, The scorn of all who know the worth of mind And virtue. JAMES GATES PERCIVAL. The reputation of a man is like his shadow : It sometimes...longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. — FRENCH PROVERB. GENERAL INDEX. Pag*Additions and Corrections 590 Appendix of Isolated Families... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pągines
...suive, et tantōt le pivcčde: quelquefois elle est plus longue tt quelquefois plus courte que lui. The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows or precedes him; it U sometimes longer, and sometimes shorter, than himself. L'argent est un bon serviteur... | |
| 1891 - 556 pągines
...credit wary keep, 'tis quickly gone : Being got by many actions, lost by one. Randolph. LIKE A SHADOW. The reputation of a man is like his shadow: It sometimes...longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. flench Provtrb. A TREASURE. The purest treasure mortal times afford, Is spotless reputation ; that... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1893 - 464 pągines
...market of public opinion. Hence, character is stable and enduring ; while, as another has said : " The reputation of a man is like his shadow ; it sometimes...it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than himself." Character is indispensable. Every one is in duty bound to possess it. It is not optional... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1893 - 446 pągines
...tho mnrkst ul public opinion. Hence, character is stable and enduring; while, as another has said : " The reputation of a man is like his shadow ; it sometimes...it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than himself." Character is indispensable. Every one is in duty bound to possess it. It is not optional... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1902 - 710 pągines
...market of public opinion. Hence, character is stable and enduring ; while, as another has said : " The reputation of a man is like his shadow ; it sometimes...it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than himself." Character is indispensable. Every one is in duty bound to possess it. It is not optional... | |
| Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 pągines
...Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. — UOL'GLAS JEHROLD. The reputation of a man is like his shadow ; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. — FRENCH PROVERB. Reputation, like... | |
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