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If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.55
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.