Slander

We are prone to magnify weaknesses and to imagine vices in others that do not exist. We chew the cud of slander with satisfaction slander, 'whose whisper over the worlds diameter, as level as the cannon to its blank, transports his poisoned shot.' Talk about battles yet to be fought Backbiting and evil speaking head the list

- David Oman McKay Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

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

- John Gay Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.

- Socrates Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

- Plato Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

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

- Immanuel Kant Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

- Mary McLeod Bethune Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Tale-bearers are as bad as tale-makers.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

- William Shakespeare Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes