“ Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. ”
- St. Bernard- Copy
- 47
“ Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears. ”
- Thomas Brackett Reed- Copy
- 586
“ A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it. ”
- Henry Wheeler Shaw- Copy
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“ Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee. ”
- Immanuel Kant- Copy
- 520
“ It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you: the one to slander you, and the other to bring the news to you. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 869
“ You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it. ”
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon- Copy
- 2.7K
“ It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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“ Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
- 556
“ Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. ”
- Gustave Flaubert- Copy
- 3K
“ Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks. ”
- Pierre Beaumarchais- Copy
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“ I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. ”
- Robert Emmet- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ”
- Timothy Dwight- Copy
- 105
“ O the disgrace of it! - / The scandal, the incredible come-down! ”
- Max Beerbohm- Copy
- 1.2K
“ That's slander, and we all know that's against one of the Ten Commandments — bearing false witness. ”
- Liz Smith- Copy
- 21
“ You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging. ”
- Fritz Mondale- Copy
- 856
“ If I can do it By aught that I can speak in his dispraise, She shall not long continue love to him. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 369
“ If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey. ”
- A. N. Wilson- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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