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Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.
Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at read more
Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.
Hearts that are delicate and kind, and tongues that are neither -- these makes the finest company in the world.
Hearts that are delicate and kind, and tongues that are neither -- these makes the finest company in the world.
Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.
Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.
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.]
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.
Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
