When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
- Moslih Eddin Saadi
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
- Jonathan Swift
