Slander Quotes
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The man that dares traduce because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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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.
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The slanderer inflicts wrong by calumniating the absent; and he who gives credit to the calumny before he knows its truth, is equally guilty.
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The way to check slander is to despise it; attempt to overtake and refute it, and it will outrun you.
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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as it is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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There is nobody so weak of invention that he cannot make up some little stories to vilify his enemy.
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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.
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There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.
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When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? - When listeners refrain from evil hearing.
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