No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely read more

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.

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

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

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit
next to me.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit
next to me.

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.