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Calumny Is Quotes

If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.920

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

Charles Phillips, John Finlay (barrister-at-law.), Robert Emmet (1820). “The Speeches of Charles Phillip: Esquire, Delivered at the Bar and on Various Occasions, in Ireland and England”, p.272

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.

"De Ira". Book by Seneca the Younger, II. 32, 45 AD.

To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “Writings: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.414

Calumny is a vice of curious constitution; trying to kill it keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die a natural death.

Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.55, Rowman & Littlefield

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.

"'Le Barbier de Séville' ('The Barber of Seville')". Play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Act 3, Scene 13, 1775.