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Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
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.
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their read more
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
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.
He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue
He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue
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.
Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. read more
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.
