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I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
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.
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.
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.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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.
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.]
