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The man that dares traduce because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. - The former is worse than the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation and peace.

The slanderer inflicts wrong by calumniating the absent; and he who gives credit to the calumny before he knows its truth, is equally guilty.

The way to check slander is to despise it; attempt to overtake and refute it, and it will outrun you.

The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as it is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.

There is nobody so weak of invention that he cannot make up some little stories to vilify his enemy.

There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing which is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing dispersed more widely.

There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? - When listeners refrain from evil hearing.


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