Joseph Addison Quotes

it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

At the end of the day, it is about the album and book and also about setting the record straight, because 'American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years. So that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

Slander strongly and some will stick.

Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret

The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God.

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

There have been so many things written about me that are untrue and horrifying.

People have already dirtied my name too much.

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.

Remember this about any slander. Denial only emphasizes, and gives added importance to falsehood. Let it alone and it will die for want of nourishment.

Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered; nothing more readily received; nothing more widely dispersed.

People make up things. If you ask the guys in this clubhouse I played with, I've never been a troublemaker. I don't know where that came from.

I've wrongly been called sick by newspapers and magazines throughout my entire career.

I take statements that portray untrue statements about me seriously.

Opinion is not slander.

When people say things about me, I'd love to come back and give my version, but I'd rather let others spout off until the time is right.