Quotes About Slander

The cat was untied and returned to its owner, having tasted grief, it's true, and having learned by experience the meaning of error and slander.

If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.

I'm sure you won't dream of trying to escape from your obligations by fleeing the city...' 'I assure you the thought never even crossed my mind, lord.' 'Indeed? Then if I were you I'd sue my face for slander.

May you speak the truth from a loving heart. May your tongue utter no slander. May you do no wrong to a neighbor and cast no slurs. May you weigh your words carefully and keep your oaths. And may you never be shaken.

Wrathful but Calm, Austere but Comic, Smokey the Bear willIlluminate those who would help him; but for those who wouldhinder or slander him,HE WILL PUT THEM OUT.

Slandered for no misdeed, is certification of substance, integrity, and righteousness.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

People just love rumors. They're always saying things that aren't true.

Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.

If you must slander someone, don't speak it - but write it - write it in the sand, near the water's edge!

In 1654, for example, Elizabeth Drew was whipped twelve stripes (a punishment comparable to that for rape of a single woman) for naming her master's son as the father of her child. When Drew persisted in her story she was whipped an additional twenty stripes and forced to stand in public on lecture day with a paper on her forehead proclaiming herself "A SLANDERER OF MR ZEROBABELL ENDICOTT.

The easiest thing to do when bad things are being spoken of another is to jump on that slander train. It takes integrity and character to see another's character and integrity to stand up and say that you won't participate in the slander of them.

Slander involves speaking false and malicious words about another person. The Bible repeatedly warns against such talk (e.g., Lev. 19:16; Titus 2:3) and commands us to "have nothing to do" with slanderers who refuse to repent (2 Tim. 3:3–5). We should be especially sobered by the fact that the Greek word diabolos, translated as "slanderer" or "accuser," is used thirty-four times in the Bible as a title for the devil, the world's chief slanderer.

If you indulge in reckless talk, falsehood, gossip, slander, or worthless talk, you will not only stir up conflict, but also erode your own character and relationship with God. Therefore, for the sake of peace and spiritual growth, renounce all such talk and seek God's help in overcoming it.

The rumors, not the truth, were enough to destroy a girl's reputation.

No one loves to tell a tale of scandal, but to him that loves to hear it.

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.

Foul whisperings are abroad.

I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.

Kelso left Le Cadet on the shelf and then took what the Los Angeles Times called "a sensational and decidedly novel action"—namely, she sued Reverend Campbell for slander

There's no place like Henderson, said he, with complacent and annoying fidelity, referring to that haven of enervation, red clay, ignorance, slander, and superstition, in whose effluent rays he had been tested.

The burden of proof definitely lies with those who persist in repeating the rumour, and until they discharge it, we must hold them guilty of slander.

Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.

Whore!" someone cried out. A woman's voice. Women were always the cruelest where other women were concerned.