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    Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.

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An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

by Unknown Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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(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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

by Will Rogers Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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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.]

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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Gossip Quotes,
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