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There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.

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Rumor is not always wrong

Rumor is not always wrong

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Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehensions.
[Lat., Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.]

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Buy the rumor and sell the fact

Buy the rumor and sell the fact

by Horace Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Rumor is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,
And of so easy and so plain a read more

Rumor is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,
And of so easy and so plain a stop
That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering multitude,
Can play upon it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

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Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

by Shana Alexander Found in: Rumor Quotes,
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Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something read more

Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something
to what he has heard.
[Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti
Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]

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