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    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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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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Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies.

Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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God knows I loved my niece,
And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,
That dare read more

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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There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever
beggared of peace and joy, yet kept read more

There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever
beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

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Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.

Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.

by Ben Jonson 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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A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.

A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.

by Josh Billings Found in: Slander Quotes,
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No, 'tis slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of read more

No, 'tis slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath
Rides on the posting winds and doth belie
All corners of the world. Kings, queens. and states,
Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave
This viperous slander enters.

by William Shakespeare 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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