Gossip(Related Subjects: Language, Communication)

May no portent of evil be attached to the words I say. Anonymous To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness.. (Pravis Assuescere Sermonibus Est Via Ad Rem Ipsam) Anonymous No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them. Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC) There is so much good in the worst of us,And so much bad in the best of us,That it hardly behooves any of usTo talk about the rest of us. Edward Wallis Hoch (1849 - 1925), Marion (Kansas) Record Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?' Johann K. Lavater A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way. John Tudor Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III Have I inadvertently said some evil thing? Phocion (402 BC - 318 BC), from Plutarch, Apothegms No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue. Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586) Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), 'Politics Getting Ready to Jell,' The Illiterate Digest, 1924 The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)