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    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.

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Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

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There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

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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.]

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There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal read more

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

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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.

by Paul Scott Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes
of those who diffuse it; it proves read more

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes
of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of
the smoker.

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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

by Mark Twain Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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What some invent, the rest enlarge.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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