Today Quotes
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But he who never sins can little boast
Compared to him who goes and sins no more.N. P. Willis
You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The surest method against scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well doing.Boerhaave
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
There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.Bishop Hall
What luck for rulers that men do not think.Adolf Hitler
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
Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed.Bernard Joseph Saurin
How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!Sterne
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.Johann Kaspar Lavater