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    Slanders are like flies, that pass all over a man's good parts to light on his sores.

    by Anon. Found in Slander Quotes,
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I will be hanged if some eternal villain,
Some busy and insinuating rogue,
Some cogging, cozening slave, read more

I will be hanged if some eternal villain,
Some busy and insinuating rogue,
Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office,
Have not devised this slander.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame.

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

by John Gay Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies.

Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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God knows I loved my niece,
And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,
That dare read more

God knows I loved my niece,
And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,
That dare as well answer a man indeed
As I dare take a serpent by the tongue.
Boys, apes, braggarts, Jacks, milksops!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Slander Quotes,
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There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever
beggared of peace and joy, yet kept read more

There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever
beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

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Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

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Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good
will should all be hanged--the former by their read more

Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good
will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the
latter by the ears.
[Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina,
Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant,
Gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

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If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as
creeps.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as
creeps.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Slander Quotes,
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Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.

Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Slander Quotes,
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