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They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]
They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by read more
Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by its progress.
[Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,
Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]
He's gone, and who knows how may he report
Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
He's gone, and who knows how may he report
Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
With thee conversing I forget the way.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
Who gossips with you will gossip of you
Who gossips with you will gossip of you
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the read more
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the
moment both themselves and their auditors.
