Slander Quotes
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Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure.
Washington Gladden
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There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail.
William Shakespeare
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No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.
Blaise Pascal
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If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
Anne Bronte
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You may have the power to slander, but I have the power not to listen to you.
Aristippus
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The spiteful tongue strikes a deadly blow at charity in all who hear him speak and, so far as it can, destroys root and branch, not only in the immediate hearers but also in all others to whom the slander, flying from lip to lip, is afterwards repeated.
Bernard of Clairvaux
