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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
Who gossips with you will gossip of you
Who gossips with you will gossip of you
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good read more
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
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.
Whoever keeps an open ear
For tattlers will be sure to hear
The trumpet of contention.
Whoever keeps an open ear
For tattlers will be sure to hear
The trumpet of contention.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
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.
Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.
Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.