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slander

«Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.»
«Slander is worse than cannibalism»
«Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of»
Author: Hebrew Proverb | Keywords: slander, slays, speaker
«The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting -- the war and the revolution -- and the character of the accused -- revolutionary leaders of millions who were conducting their party to the sovereign power -- you can say without exaggeration that July 1917 was the month of the most gigantic slander in world history.»
«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.»
«The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.»
«Slander expires at a good woman's door.»
Author: Danish Proverb | Keywords: expires, slander
«The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor»
«The truth is no slander»
Author: Proverb | About: Truth | Keywords: slander
«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.»