Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They're what people meet.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I'm a real person. You can ask anybody who knows me.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

Axl [Rose] is not the type of person to make something up. So I was sort of shocked that he went that direction. That caused me a lot of problems.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

Men should be what they seem.

Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to.

I'm honest, I'm fair and I'm sure, as time progresses, those who don't believe that will find it to be true.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

Honesty will never break you.

Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

Reputation is a timely subject, now that nobody has one.