Reputation is All

Villa Jovis Capri Italy

How to destroy a reputation by Andrew Doyle starts out by talking about Tiberius, a first century Roman Emperor. Tiberius built a villa on the easternmost extremity of Capri. Cool, fancy house on an island in the sunny Mediterranean. What they don't tell you is the eastern end of Capri ends with some giant cliffs and the house is perched right on the brink. Those are the ruins of the villa in the center of the picture above.

Anyway, Andrew talks about how easily reputations are destroyed and how people (you, me and everyone else) have an innate tendency to believe the worst.

P. S. I think my mind came up with the title because I heard Uhtred of Bebbanburg say 'Destiny is All' about a zillion times in The Last Kingdom.