"Slander is compared to an arrow, not to any other handy weapon, such as a sword, etc., because like an arrow it kills at a distance. It can be uttered in Rome and have its baneful effect in Syria."
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' 98, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 87
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