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No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
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?
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.
There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.
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
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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.]
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good read more
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
