Quotes About Slander

That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; The ornament of beauty is suspect, A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

When you slander someone [talk negatively about people], you earn a debit in your account and that person will earn a credit. Who would do these kinds of business?

31 Don't malign others.     COMMENTARY You speak badly of others thinking it will make you feel superior. This only sows seeds of meanness in your heart, causing others not to trust you and causing you to suffer.

Once every woman was a living gazette, a font of delicious slanders cast in beautiful language.

He who is influenced neither by the soaking in of slander nor by the assault of denunciation may indeed be called illumined.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

The Internet is a dangerous place where any half witted fool can ruin someone else's name and reputation within a matter of days, hours and even minutes and have the world believe it is true. How sad is that?

No one who beats his wife or children, spreads slander in a congregation, or harbors perpetual unforgiveness in his or her heart is full of the Spirit, no matter how many supernatural gifts he or she claims to have.

Tongues were wagging. Aspersions were being cast like dandelion spores on hot gossipy winds.

We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification.

This opportunity shall not come again! I say to you, O my body, listen to my advice! You slander, and then praise others; you indulge in lies and gossip. You gaze upon the wives of others, O my soul; you steal and commit evil deeds.

a powerful woman will always attract slander

If you hate a woman, the first thing you destroy is her reputation.

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

The wise men and men of noble character in the past who were wealthy and exalted were rare. From time to time there were men who received high rank and large stipends, but they did not pursue such things themselves; because the genius and virtues of these men were not hidden, they were promoted by their superiors, and thus only received these things unavoidably. But because they were not always in tune with the minds of men of little caliber, many of them were slandered and driven away.

These bullies must keep up the assault, the slander, the character assassinations, stirring up the emotions of the public to a fever pitch, acting like saviors when in actuality they are frauds, phony patriots and very evil men in disguise, wrapping themselves in the flag.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Marx and Engels never tried to refute their opponents with argument. They insulted, ridiculed, derided, slandered, and traduced them, and in the use of these methods their followers are not less expert. Their polemic is directed never against the argument of the opponent, but always against his person.

if you ever tell anyone about this conversation, not only will I deny everything but I'll sue you for libel." "A libel is written down," I told him. "If I tell someone, then it would be a slander. Although it wouldn't be anyway since it would be the truth." "Fuck you," he said.

Two faced people say nice things about you to your face, then tell others nasty things about you when your not around.

Done to death by slanderous tongue

opprobrious term, employed to impose contempt upon

The rumors had started right away, and Elliot, hollow with shock, had felt their poison pouring into him.