calumny, n.Definitions

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

Calumny is like snowballs; the longer one rolls them, the bigger they become.

Calumny is like some annoying wasp, against which one must make no move unless one is sure of killing it, or else it will return to the charge more furiously than ever.

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it ih not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.

Calumny is a vice of curious constitutions; trying to kill it keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die a natural death.