(72 quotes found)
“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
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice”
Bible
“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
“Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there”
Chinese Proverbs
“This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing.”
Henry Miller
“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
“Slander is worse than cannibalism”
Saint John Chrysostom
“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”
