This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if read more

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. read more

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.

We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.

We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on read more

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.

Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Who gossips with you will gossip of you