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    (Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her
    word.
    (Solanio:) I would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever
    knapped ginger or made her neighbors believe she wept for the
    death of a third husband.

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History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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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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.

by Logan Pearshall Smith Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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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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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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

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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.

by Antoine Rivarol Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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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