What is slander? A verdict of ...

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.
 Philibert Joseph Roux

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The man abandoned by his friends, one after another, without just cause, will acquire, the reputation of being hard to please, changeable, ungrateful, unsociable.
 Philibert Joseph Roux
Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.
 Philibert Joseph Roux
Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.
 Philibert Joseph Roux
The orator is the mouth (os) of a nation.
 Philibert Joseph Roux
Success causes us to be more praised than known.
 Philibert Joseph Roux