Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.
Like most people, I often feel mean, and act accordingly.
If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.