Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.

Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.

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This is the Latin proverb:—"Audacter calumniare; semper aliquid hæret." See: Bacon, De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum, viii, 2 | Caluminate enough, something always sticks. | Ramage (1866) p. 3

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