Defamation Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Defamation.
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“Evil speaking”
“Dens Theonina.”
“Woe unto every slandering traducer.”
“Calumny is only the noise of madmen.”
“Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.”
“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
“A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.”
“Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.”
“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”
“Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat
An honest name.”
“One doth not know
How much an ill word may empoison liking.”
“There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.”
“Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.”
“DEFAME, v.t. To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.”
“Done to death by slanderous tongues,
Was the Hero that here lies.”
“Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.”
“If slander be a snake, it is a winged one—it flies as well as creeps.”
“Calumny will sear
Virtue itself;—these shrugs, these hums, and ha's.”
“Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.”
“Silence to man and prayer to God are the best cures for the evil of slander.”