In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. George Bancroft
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. H L Mencken
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears. Plautus
Slander,
Whose sting is sharper than the sword’s.
William Shakespeare (The Winter’s Tale, 2:3)
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. Abraham Lincoln
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one – it flies as well as creeps. Douglas William Jerrold