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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.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.
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.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.
Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.
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.
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.
