Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
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You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo,
The numbers of the feared.

Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo,
The numbers of the feared.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation