To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Slander Quotes
He who blackens others does not whiten himself.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
That thou art blam’d shall not be thy defect For slander’s mark was ever yet the fair;… So thou be good, slander doth but approve Thy worth the greater, being woo’d of time; For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love, And thou present’st a pure unstained prime. (Sonnet 70)
Done to death by slanderous tongues. (Much Ado About Nothing)
No, ’tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world; kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters. (Cymbeline)
Slander, Whose sting is sharper than the sword’s. (The Winter’s Tale)
