John Marston (1576–1634) English writer
"To Detraction I Present My Poesy", line 1, from The Scourge of Villainy (1598-99).
“Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
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