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. . . CALUMNY see "HURTING (SOMEONE)" for related links I never think it necessary to repeat calumnies; they are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. --Herman Boerhaave (16681738) Dutch physician, botanist, and and professor of medicine. Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is 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. --Sιbastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort (17411794) French playwright and conversationalist. - Calumniators are those who have neither good hearts nor good understandings. We ought not to think ill of any one till we have palpable proof; and even then we should not expose them to others. --C.C. Colton (17801832) English clergyman and writer. The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God. --C.C. Colton (17801832) English clergyman and writer. - Calumny is only the noise of madmen. --Diogenes (404323 B.C.) Greek Cynic philosopher. Act uprightly, and despise Calumny; Dirt may stick to a Mud Wall, but not to polish'd Marble. --Benjamin Franklin (17061790) American politician, inventor, and scientist. _Poor Richard's Almanack_ [1757] - Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations! --Oliver Goldsmith (17281774) Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and dramatist. See me, how calm I am. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others. --Oliver Goldsmith (17281774) Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and dramatist. - Calumny is a monstrous vice: for, where parties indulge in it, there are always two that are actively engaged in doing wrong, and one who is subject to injury. The calumniator inflicts wrong by slandering the absent; he who gives credit to the calumny before he has investigated the truth is equally implicated. The person traduced is doubly injured first by him who propagates, and secondly by him who credits the calumny. --Herodotus (484c.425 BC) Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world. Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgment. All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the man who makes wrong statements about others is himself to be pitied, not the man he vilifies. It is better to be lied about than to lie. At the last no one can harm us but ourselves. --Elbert Hubbard (18591915) American editor, publisher, and author who died in the sinking of the "Lusitania." _The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams_ [1923] - Calumnies are best answered with silence. --Ben Jonson (c.15731637) English dramatist and poet. He that lends an easy and credulous ear to calumny is either a man of very ill morals or has no more sense and understanding than a child. --Menander (343?291 B.C.) Greek dramatist. The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. --John Milton (16081674) English poet. I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about. --Baron de Montesquieu (Charles Louis de Secondat) (16891755) French philosopher, jurist, and satirist. The men who convey and those who listen to calumnies should, if I could have my way, all hang, the talebearers by their tongues, the listeners by their ears. --Titus Maccius Plautus (254184 BC) Roman comic dramatist Be thou as chaste as ice,as pure as snow, thou shall not escape calumny. --William Shakespeare (15641616) English dramatist. _Hamlet_ [1601] If the calumniator bespatters and belies me, I will endeavor to convince him by my life and manners, but not by being like him. --Bishop Robert South (16341716) English theologian and author Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth. --Tacitus [or Publius Cornelius Tacitus or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus] (c.55c.117), Roman orator, lawyer, senator, and historian. Despise no man and consider nothing impossible, for there is no man who does not have his hour and there is no thing that does not have its place. --Talmud (A.D.1st6th cent.) Rabbinical writings. To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny. --George Washington (17321799) American general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution [17751783] and first president of the United States [17891797]. Letter to Gov. William Livingston [7 December 1779].  ;void(0)) CAMP . . see "HOME & FAMILY" for related links Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh Here I am at Camp Granada Camp is very entertaining And they say we'll have some fun If it stops raining I went hiking with Joe Spivey He developed poison ivy You remember Leonard Skinner He got ptomaine poisoning Last night after dinner All the counselors hate the waiters And the lake has alligators And the head coach wants no sissies So he reads to us From something called Ulysses Now I don't want this should scare ya But my bunk mate has malaria You remember Jeffrey Hardy They're about to organize A searching party Take me home oh Muddah, Fadduh Take me home I hate Granada Don't leave me Out here in the forest Where I might get eaten by a bear Take me home I promise I will not make noise Or mess the house with other boys Oh please don't make me stay I've been here one whole day Dearest Fadduh, darling Muddah How's my precious little Bruddah? Let me come home if you miss me I would even let Aunt Bertha Hug and kiss me Wait a minute it stopped hailing Guys are swimming guys are sailing Playing baseball gee that's better Muddah, Fadduh Kindly disregard this letter! --Allan Sherman (19321973) American song parodist and satirist. "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" [song] ----- bivouac [BIV-wak, BIV-uh-wak], noun: An encampment for the night, usually under little or no shelter. . . see "POLITICS" for related links If a baseball player slides into home plate and, right before the umpire rules if he is safe or out, the player says to the umpire-"Here is $1,000." What would we call that? We would call that a bribe. If a lawyer was arguing a case before a judge and said, "Your honor before you decide on the guilt or innocence of my client, here is $1,000." What would we call that? We would call that a bribe. But if an industry lobbyist walks into the office of a key legislator and hands her or him a check for $1,000, we call that a campaign contribution. We should call it a bribe. --Janice Fine, "Dollars and Sense" [magazine] [July/August 2000], p.21 - He's donated some $18 million to organizations working to defeat President Bush. Now, billionaire George Soros is taking his campaign and money on the road. The Hungarian-born activist will spend between $2 million and $3 million in the next month visiting a dozen cities, sending at least 2 million informational pamphlets to voters and placing ads in national and local newspapers. --Carl Limbacher, "Soros Steps Up Efforts to Oust Bush" - We've heard a great deal about Republican "fat cats," and how the Republicans are the party of big contributions. I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a "fat cat" and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a "public- spirited philanthropist." --Ronald Reagan (19112004) American President [19811989] and former Hollywood actor. - Sen. Joseph Lieberman: Do you think you got your money's worth for the $300,000 you gave in campaign contributions to the Democratic Party? Tamraz: I think next time I'll give $600,000. --Roger Tamraz, testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee [18 September 1997]. -  CAMPAIGN FINANCING . . see "POLITICS" for related links - Let's deal now with some facts about the 2002 election cycle brought to light by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Prepare to be shocked: Republicans raised more than Democrats from individuals who contributed small and medium amounts of money; It was the Democrats who outpaced the Republicans among the "fatcats"; Among donors who gave more than $200, but less than $1,000, Republicans raised $68 million to the Democrats' $44 million; Among those who gave $1,000 or more, Republicans raised $317 million to the Democrats' $307 million; Donors of $10,000 or more gave $140 million to the Democrats and only $111 million to the Republicans. Among those who gave $100,000 or more, Democrats raised $72 million to the Republicans' $34 million. Among those who gave $1 million or more, the Democratic Party raised $36 million to $3 million for the Republicans. Fatcats? It sounds like the Democrats have practically a monopoly on them. --Joseph Farah Founder and editor of WorldNetDaily.com. "Democrats are liars, Republicans are stupid" - ^ John Fitzgerald Kennedy (19171963) American politician, 35th President of the United States [19611963]. Addressing a group of donors who had paid a great deal to meet the Democratic presidential nominee, Kennedy said, 'I am deeply touched. Not as deeply touched as you have been coming to this dinner; nevertheless, it's a sentimental occasion.' --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000 ed.] ^ end page | CALAMITIES - CALM | CALUMNY - CAMPAIGN FINANCING | CAMPAIGNS & CANADA | CANCER - CAN'T WIN | CAPITALISM | CAREFREE - CARPE DIEM | CARTER (JIMMY) - CATS & DOGS | CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES - CENSORSHIP | CERTAINTY - CHANGE | CHANGING (ONE'S MIND) & CHANGING TIMES | CHARACTER | CHARACTER ASSASINATION - CHEERFULNESS | CHEER UP! - CHILDHOOD | CHILDREN | CHILDREN'S RHYME | CHILE & CHINA | CHOCOLATE - CHRISTIANITY | CHRISTMAS | CHURCH - CIGARS | CIRCUMSTANCES & CITIES | CIVILITY - CIVIL RIGHTS | CLARITY - CLICHES | CLOTHES - COFFEE | COLD - COLORS | COMEDY | COMFORT - COMMON SENSE | COMMUNICATION | COMMUNISM | COMPANIONSHIP - COMPASSION | COMPETITION - COMPLIMENTS | COMPOSERS - CONDUCTORS | CONFESSION - CONQUEST | CONSCIENCE - CONTENTED | CONTEXT - CONVENTIONAL WISDOM | CONVERSATION | CONVICTION & COOKING | COOLIDGE - CORPORATIONS | CORRECTING - COURAGE | COURT - COWS | CREATIVITY - CRIME | CRIME & PUNISHMENT - CROOKS | CRITICISM & CRITICS | CROWD (THE) - CUBA | CULTURE - CYNICS | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The End | The Reviews | Photos | |
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