Mark Twain Quotes about Reputation

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Inspiration, Vapor, Reputation

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.116, Courier Corporation

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.

Doubt, Reputation, Silver

Mark Twain (2004). “The Letters of Mark Twain”, p.13, 1st World Publishing

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

Mouths, Reputation, Empty

Mark Twain (1994). “Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches”, p.146, Penguin

All gods are better than their reputation.

God, Novelists, Reputation