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No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
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.]
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.
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation
An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her
word.
(Solanio:) I would read more
(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.
