His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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.
All of a sudden I found myself with the reputation of being a swinger and a home-wrecker. Beverly Hills wives were supposed to live in fear in case I cast my green orbs in the direction of their men. Ninety-nine per cent of this was total fabrication.
Slander reveals the greatest truth about the coward implementing it.
There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing disbursed more widely.
Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them.
Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick.
The best calumnies are spiced with truth.
Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.
