| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Calumny |
| | | A probable story is the first weapon of calumny. | 1 |
| Backwounding calumny the whitest virtue strikes. Shakespeare. | 2 |
| Be thou as chaste as ice and pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shakespeare. | 3 |
| Calumniate strongly and some of it will stick. Latin. | 4 |
| Calumny and conjecture may injure innocence itself. | 5 |
| Calumny will soil virtue itself. Shakespeare. | 6 |
| It is better to play the role of an assassin than that of calumniator; the assassin inflicts death but once, the other a thousand times. Chinese. | 7 |
| Neglected calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt and you give it the appearance of truth. Tacitus. | 8 |
| Nothing in its progress is so rapid as calumny, nothing more widely spread, nor more readily received. Cicero. | 9 |
| Taught by calumny I pity the unfortunate. | 10 |
| There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage. French. | 11 |
| We cannot control the tongues of others, but a good life enables us to despise calumnies. Cato. | 12 | | |
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