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

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

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You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota read more

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

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

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

by Edgar Watson Howe Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

by Will Rogers Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

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

by Will Rogers Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

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

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

by Unknown Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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