Reputation and public opinion
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esteem · reputation · bad name · good opinion · good will · praise · repute
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Antidosis
Public esteem, blame, praise, and distorted reputation as forces shaping trials and civic honor.
For good will has this effect upon all men.
But the latter, you see, found their poets and historians, while the others secured no one to hymn their praises.
But now, instead of the acclaim which I expected, I have been rewarded with trials and perils and envy and calumny.
To Demonicus
The concern for how one's conduct and character are perceived by others, treated as more valuable than material gain.
Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false;
Be more careful in guarding against censure than against danger;
Retire from your public trusts, not more wealthy, but more highly esteemed;