Stanislaus Leszczynski Quotes

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

I will not sit by and watch good people smeared.

Opinion is not slander.

He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

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.

Slander is worse than cannibalism.

Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison.

People have already dirtied my name too much.

Slander strongly and some will stick.

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.

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

I was going to sue for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.

Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

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.

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

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

You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.

Gossip is poison.

As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people to sue.

I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.

It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.

For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious trouble. People fought duels over this. Then it fades away historically.