From greater minds than mine ...
"Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed." - Bernard Joseph Saurin
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior." - Sir Francis Bacon
"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander." - Abraham Lincoln
"If someone says something bad about you, you must live so they won't believe it ..." - Author unknown
"Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee." - Immanuel Kant
"Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse." - Thomas Szasz
"Living well is the best revenge." - George Herbert
A story of two men with "profound senses of duty and justice": William Anderson Hatfield & Randolph McCoy
Peace be with you and yours.
- kj