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    Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good
    will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the
    latter by the ears.
    [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina,
    Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant,
    Gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

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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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For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took
its rise. . . . The read more

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

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

by John Gay Found in: Slander Quotes,
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'Twas slander filled her mouth with lying words;
Slander, the foulest whelp of Sin.

'Twas slander filled her mouth with lying words;
Slander, the foulest whelp of Sin.

by Robert Pollok 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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Slanders are like flies, that pass all over a man's good parts to light on his sores.

Slanders are like flies, that pass all over a man's good parts to light on his sores.

by Anon. Found in: Slander Quotes,
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God knows I loved my niece,
And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,
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God knows I loved my niece,
And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,
That dare as well answer a man indeed
As I dare take a serpent by the tongue.
Boys, apes, braggarts, Jacks, milksops!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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