Good Name In Man And Woman, Dear My Lord, Is The Immediate Jewel Of Their Soul

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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals my purse steals trash; 't is something, nothing;
'T was mine, 't is his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello
-- Act iii, Sc. 3

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