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So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
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.
An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation
An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation
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.
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing read more
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
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.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
