• Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

  James Russell Lowell
  American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819-1891
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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. by : James Russell Lowell

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