| SLANDER See also:Gossip; Rumour; Speech | 毀謗 |
| No greater injury can be inflicted upon men than to
wound their reputation. John Calvin 再沒有比傷害一個人的名譽能對人造成更大傷害了。 |
| Slander has a marvellous way
of driving us into the arms of our heavenly Father. Stuart Olyott 毀謗以奇妙的方式驅策我們進入天父上帝的雙臂。 |
| Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow,
wounding both him that commits and him against whom it is committed. Jacques Saurin 毀謗是一個傷害雙方的罪行，它使攻擊與被攻擊的雙方均受傷害。 |
| Have patience awhile;
slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to
vindicate thee. Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) 請暫且忍耐；誹謗不會長久。真理是時間的孩子，它很快就會現身為你辯白。 |
| Truth is generally the best vindication against
slander. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864 真理是對抗毀謗的最佳辯護。 |
| The slanderer and the
assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other
the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while
the other murders the reputation. Tyron Edwards 誹謗者與刺客唯一的差別在於他們所使用的武器；刺客用的是匕首，誹謗者用的則是舌頭。後者比前者更為惡劣，因為刺客僅僅殺害身體，而誹謗者卻謀殺了名譽。 |
| No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay
no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk. Moliere (1622 - 1673) 沒有一個人能倖免於毀謗。最好的方式就是不理它，只要清清白白活著管他世人說長 道短。 |