Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

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.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

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.]

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers read more

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being talked read more

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being talked about.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that read more

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when read more

The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when you're not around is much more important.

A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.

A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.