The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
He who slanders his neighbor makes a rod for himself. (Dutch)
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there. (Chinese)
Slander expires at a good woman’s door. (Danish)
Slander flies gently, but wounds deeply. (Roman)
Slander leaves a score behind it. (Danish)
Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of. (Yiddish)
Slander, slander, some of it will stick. (French)
There is no remedy against the bite of a secret slanderer. (Roman)
Slanderers are the Devil’s bellows, to blow up contention. (French)
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