Famous Quotes | A man calumniated is doubly...

A man calumniated is doubly injured—first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. - Herodotus
Attribution: Herodotus (c. 484–425 B.C.), Greek historian. Artabanus, in Histories, bk. 7 (c. 430 B.C.). Said of the disparagement of the Greeks by Mardonius.

Categories: Historian, Slander

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