Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

一个人的名誉就像一个影子，它在你之前是巨大的，在它之后是渺小的。

-- Charles De Talleyrand Perigord 查尔斯·德塔雷兰德·佩里戈尔