To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
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What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it.
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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.
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Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
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Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.
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A generous confession disarms slander.
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Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
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Slander expires at a good woman's door.
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Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
