Quotes for All
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. Eric Hoffer
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. Eric Hoffer
If our credit be so well built, so firm, that it is not easy to be shaken by calumny or insinuation, envy then commends us, and extols us beyond reason to those upon whom we depend, till they grow jealous, and so blow us up when they cannot throw us down. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl … Read more
Yet the people, and even the clergy, incapable of forming any rational judgment of the business of peace and war, presumed to arraign the policy of Stilicho, who so often vanquished, so often surrounded, and so often dismissed the implacable enemy of the republic. The first moment of the public safety is devoted to gratitude … Read more
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny. Francoise d’Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. Francis Bacon
Calumny is only the noise of madmen. Diogenes
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms. Diane de Poitiers
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There was no longer anyone with the noble determination to get to know the great men of the world, or if there were some individuals consumed with this curiosity, they were few … Read more
Calumny crosses oceans, scales mountains and traverses deserts, with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris, and like him, rides upon a poisoned arrow. Charles Caleb Colton