"How well we would do to remember the admonishment of [[Cicero]]—a man who was laughed at for his nouveau riche origins, for his earnest striving and his love of flowery language—that people have always talked and gossiped and squinted. **“Let other people worry over what they will say about you,” he said. “They will say it in any case."** --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[reputation]], [[character]], [[personal-values]], [[humility]], [[ego]], [[arrogance]], **Source** --