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Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered;
nothing more readily received; nothing more widely dispersed.
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Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered;
nothing more readily received; nothing more widely dispersed.
[Lat., Nihil est autem tam voluere, quam maledictum; nihil
facilius emittitur; nihil citius excipitur, latius dissipatur.]
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of
calumnity, pursued by a faction, may read more
A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of
calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity.
This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
