68 quotes found
“Calumny is only the noise of madmen.”
“To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny.”
“Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you.”
“Young men soon give and soon forget affronts Old age is slow in both.”
“As long as there are readers to be delighted with calumny there will be found reviewers to calumniate.”
“He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.”
“It takes your enemy and your friend working together to hurt you to the heart the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.”
“Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression it is not nec...”
“It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.”
“Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.”
“One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.”
“Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?”
“I'll give you an idea of what kind of a guy he was. St. Francis would have punched him in the mouth.”
“He loves to eat - he puts mayonnaise on an aspirin.”
“Apparently he was not the sharpest quill on the porcupine if you get my drift.”
“You might say he was one taco short of a combination platter.”
“Cheap? If he was at the Last Supper he would have asked for separate checks!”
“I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.”
“Why does our host always have tears in his eyes after sex? Due to the pepper spray.”
“I take him to McDonald's just to watch him eat and see the numbers change.”
