Bhagavad Gita 2.34

Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonor is worse than death.

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।
संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते॥

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām|
saṃbhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate||

English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).