Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-04-09
SEauder.


SANDER is the solacc of malgnity.-
J,u5ert
Slandcr is the revenge of coward and
dissimulation his defense
Where it concerns himself, who is an
CRY at ii slander makes i; true-Bea John-
SON
| SANDER be Il snake, it is !. winged
one. 1t flies rs we'll Us crceps = Dougiqs
Jerrold -
There would not be so many open
mouths if there were not SO many open
cars -Bs hop Hall
The SANDER of some people is as great
accommodation It's the p aise of others.
--Fiel ing
Calumny would soon stlrvc uud die of
itself if nobody took it in and gave it
lodging ng-LeigAton.
Slander meets no regard from noble
minds: only the base believe what only
the base utter.-Balier.
Set watch over thy mouth, and keep
the door of thy lips, for tale bearer is
worse than thief-Bi6t
There is nobody so weak of invention
that cannot make some little stories to vii
ify his enemy.-Addison.
SANDER, whose edge is sharper than the
sword, whose tongue outvenoms all the
worms of the Nile -Shakspeare.
t,Il
licentious breath, blows, like the wind,
as freely onsthe palace rs the cottage
Rone.
1t is always TO be understood that a lady
takes all you detract from the rest of her
sex to be u gift TO hcr-Addisoa
Slander soaks into the min as water
into low and marshy places, where it he
comes stagnant and otfensive--Confu-
cius.
The proper way to check slander is to
despise it; attempt to overtake and refute
it, and it will overrun you.-Ater Dumas.
Slander is a voice that strikes double
blow, wounding both him that commits
and him against whom it is committed
Saurin
As by flattery man opens his bosom
to his mortal enemy, so by detriction and
slander he shuts the same to his best
friends. South.
The worthiest people are the most in
jured by SANDER. and we usually find that
TO be the best fruit which the birds have
been pecking at.-sactft
Those who without knowing Us. think
or speak evil of US. do us do harm. il is
not us they attack, but the phaatom of
their own Imagination. Bruyere
Curse the tongue whence sianderous
rutuor, like the adder's drop, distils her
venom, whitening friendships faith, turn
ing loves favor-Juases 4 lHitlh use
SANDER is perhaps the only vice which
no circumstance San ptliiite, rs we'll as
one which We are most ingenious in con
cealiug from ulrSelycs-Wassi oa.
Believe nothing against another. but on
good authority, nor report what may hurt
another, unless it be q greater hurt to all
other to conceal it, Wm. Penn.
We should never use expressions that
nigh, hurt any one-not even ;lg inst an
enemy. They will soon return on US,
like an echo from rock -Hia too it-
per
Listen not to the tale bearer or sllndcr
er, for he tells thee nothing out of good
Will; but rs he discovereth of the secrets
of others, so he will of thine in turn
Socrates.
The best way is to sllnler Valentine
with falsehood, cowariice ana poor de-
scent-thrce things that women highly
hold in hate Saakspedri.
In all cases of slender currency. when
ever the forger of the lie is not to be
found, the Injured parties should have
right to come on any of the iudorsers.-
Sherid m
Life would be perpetual flea hunt if =
man were obliged to lun down all the in
uendoes and inveracites. inSinuatiouS and
suspicious which are uttering against him.
-Beecher
1t is u pretty general rule that the med
isant is \ tarmagent IN her household -
and as for our own sex, III nine cases
out of ten, the evil tongue belongs to Il
disappointed ,aun. .--Baacrott.
There is nothing whica wings its lligh,
so swif " as c.iumny; nothing Which is
uttered With mor. ease; noting is listened
to with more re tiiless: no-hiag dispersed
norc vi iely. .--Ctcsro,
The surest method against scandal is to
live it down by perseverance i'll we'll
doing, aud by prayer to God, that he
would curse the di.tempered mind of
those who traduce and injure us.-Boer
ha0os.
Close thine car against him That shall
open his mouth secretly against another.
If thou receivest not his words they fly
back and wound the reporter. Ii thou
dost receive them, they fly forward, and
wound the receiver Lardter
If any one tells you that such a person
speaks i'll of you, do not make excuses
about what is said Of you but answer:
lie was ignorant of any other faults. else
he would not have mentioned these alone,
--Epictetus.
Any one who is much talked of must
be much maligned. This seems to be
harsh conclusion; but when you consider
cr how much more given men are 70 de-
preciate ttan to appreciate, you will ac-
knowledge that there is some in the
soying.-Helps
How frequently is the dishonesty and
integrity of a man disposed of by smile
or shruy! How many good and generous
actions have been sun into oblivion by
distressful look, or stamped with the i'm
putation of proceeding from bad motives.
by a mysterious and seasonahle whisper
| Sterne.
| II any Spcak i'll Of thee, flee home to
thy own conscience. and examine thy
heart; II thou be guilty. it is just cor
rection; if not guilty. it is a fair ins,ruc-
ton. make use Of both; SO shalt thou dis
til honey out Of gall, and out of an open
enemy create secret fricnd.-Quarlss