"It takes 20 years to build a..." - Quote by Warren Buffett
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
“They will tell you tough stories of sharks all over the Cape, which I do not presume to doubt utterly,--how they will sometimes upset a boat, or tear it in pieces, to get at the man in it. I can easily believe in the undertow, but I have no doubt that one shark in a dozen years is enough to keep up the reputation of a beach a hundred miles long.”
“With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized”