“Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there”
Chinese Proverbs
“The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error.”
Buddha
“TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken a cleaver and stricken his cook upon the head, so that one side of the head fell upon one shoulder and the other side upon the other shoulder." The defendant was acquitted by instruction of the court, the learned judges holding that the words did not charge murder, for they did not affirm the death of the cook, that being only an inference.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander”
Abraham Lincoln
“It takes your enemy and your 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
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“They have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves”
William Shakespeare
