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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.
Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind
Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind
A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.
A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.
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.
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.
(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.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers read more
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not.
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.
