Quotes on libel

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

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The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.

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How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naive to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude, it is the inability to be oneself and rightfully represented as oneself.

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A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.

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Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

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