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    For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took
    its rise. . . . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does
    it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking read more

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

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense

by Saint John Chrysostom Found in: Slander Quotes,
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And truly, I'll devise some honest slanders
To stain my cousin with. One doth not know
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And truly, I'll devise some honest slanders
To stain my cousin with. One doth not know
How much an ill word may empoison liking.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame.

I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame.

by John Gay Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Slander Quotes,
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To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother read more

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.

by Joseph Parker Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat
An honest name.

Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat
An honest name.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Slander Quotes,
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If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as
creeps.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as
creeps.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Slander Quotes,
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