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    Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
    fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something
    to what he has heard.
    [Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti
    Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]

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The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd,
Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;
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The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd,
Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;
And all who told it added something new.
And all who heard it made enlargements too.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
[Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est read more

Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
[Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est ferunt.]

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Buy the rumor and sell the fact

Buy the rumor and sell the fact

by Horace Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.
[Lat., Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet.]

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.
[Lat., Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet.]

by Syrus (publilius Syrus) Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

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I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.

I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.

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Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

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The rolling fictions grow in strength and size,
Each author adding to the former lies.

The rolling fictions grow in strength and size,
Each author adding to the former lies.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Rumor is not always wrong

Rumor is not always wrong

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