Detraction Quotes

6 quotes by 6 authors

• ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction. — Ambrose Bierce
• Newton found that a star, examined through a glass tarnished by smoke, was diminished into a speck of light. But no smoke ever breathed so… — Robert Aris Willmott
• Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above his fellows, he is dragged down by the mass, either by means of… — Heinrich Heine
• I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
• Keith's [Briffa] series...differs in large part in exactly the opposite direction that Phil's [Jones] does from ours. This is the problem we all picked up… — Michael E. Mann
• How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall… — W. E. B. Du Bois

Who Wrote These Detraction Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 6 Detraction Quotes as follows:

• 1 Detraction Quote by Robert Aris Willmott
• 1 Detraction Quote by Heinrich Heine
• 1 Detraction Quote by Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 1 Detraction Quote by Michael E. Mann
• 1 Detraction Quote by W. E. B. Du Bois
• 1 Detraction Quote by Ambrose Bierce