He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. Napoleon Bonaparte
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert
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. Mark Twain
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. Anne Brontë
Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once. William Shakespeare
I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. Charles Portis