Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.
Tags: intelligence, thoughts, great, best

Other Quotes by "George William Curtis"

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!
Tags: many, how, imagination, good
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
Tags: prosperous, sailing, much, voyage, ship
It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
Tags: families, improve, time, history
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
Tags: begins, year, white, new
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
Tags: loyalty, mountains, country, patriotism, man
View More by "George William Curtis"