throw dirt enough, and some will stick

Etymology
This proverb dates from c1650, and was popularised by Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] in the 18th century.

Proverb

 * 1) If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.
 * 2) * 1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.
 * I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'
 * 1) * 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,
 * But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.