Quotes of Slander - somelinesforyou

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

- John Gay

“ Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. ”

- St. Bernard

“ Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick. ”

- Pierre Beaumarchais

“ Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears. ”

- Thomas Brackett Reed

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

- Henry Wheeler Shaw

“ Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee. ”

- Immanuel Kant

“ Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you: the one to slander you, and the other to bring the news to you. ”

- Mark Twain

“ You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it. ”

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“ A generous confession disarms slander. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. ”

- Jonathan Swift

“ Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. ”

- Gustave Flaubert

“ Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks. ”

- Pierre Beaumarchais

“ And there's a lust in man no charm can tameOf loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,While virtuous actions are but borne to die. ”

- Juvenal

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

- James Thomson

“ I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. ”

- Robert Emmet

“ Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ”

- Timothy Dwight

“ O the disgrace of it! - / The scandal, the incredible come-down! ”

- Max Beerbohm

“ That's slander, and we all know that's against one of the Ten Commandments — bearing false witness. ”

- Liz Smith

“ You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging. ”

- Fritz Mondale

“ Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ If I can do it By aught that I can speak in his dispraise, She shall not long continue love to him. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey. ”

- A. N. Wilson

“ Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny. ”

- Mary W. Stewart

“ It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny. ”

- Mary Stewart
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6