Quote#Friendship
He who maligns an absent friend's fair fame
Quote byJohn Conington · 1825–1869
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Satires, Book I, satire iv, p. 18.
English (original)
He who maligns an absent friend's fair fame, Who says no word for him when others blame, Who courts a reckless laugh by random hits, Just for the sake of ranking among wits, Who feigns what he ne'er saw, a secret blabs, Beware him, Roman! that man steals or stabs!
— John Conington
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