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A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumny, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principle has taken full effect on this state favorite.— ISAAC DISRAELI — Amenities of

Literature. The First Jesuits in England. There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.— NAPOLEON I

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 138.

Calumny will sear Virtue itself; - these shrugs, these hums, and ha's.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 73.

No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong, Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 146.

Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes:— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 38.