Absent Quote by Saadi

Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its…

— Washington Gladden

A person who persistently insults others, can be forced to feel foolish if, he is continuously ignored.

— Senora Roy

When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into…

— Baltasar Gracian

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.

— Samuel Johnson

If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken; do not…

— Saint Francis de Sales

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

— Isaac Barrow

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

— Joseph Addison

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

— Horace

Slander jealousy it is worse than tongue can utter.

— Kishore Bansal

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will…

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

— Publilius Syrus

In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue…

— Euripides