Gossip Quotes
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.Gossip
Adams, James Truslow
American Statesman
Gossip is nature s telephone.
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Aleichem, Sholom
1859-1916 Ukraine-Born American Writer
The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?
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Barker, Myrtle
Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
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Beaumarchais, Pierre De
1732-1799 French Dramatist
He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
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Beecher, Henry Ward
1813-1887 American Preacher Orator Writer
With well doing you may put to silence foolish men.
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Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
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Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
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Bierce, Ambrose
1842-1914 American Author Editor Journalist The Devil's Dictionary
Speak no evil of the dead.
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Chilo
560 BC Greek Sage
Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1772-1834 British Poet Critic Philosopher
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
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Colton, Charles Caleb
1780-1832 British Sportsman Writer
They come together like the Coroner s Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
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Congreve, William
1670-1729 British Dramatist
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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Conrad, Joseph
1857-1924 Polish-born British Novelist
Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them in vulgar or shoddy attire.
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Crane, George W.
The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection.
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Drew, Elizabeth
1887-1965 Anglo-American Author Critic
While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.
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Dworkin, Andrea
1946 American Feminist Critic
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it.
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Dyke, Henry Van
1852--1933 American Protestant Clergyman and Writer
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
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Eliot, George
1819-1880 British Novelist
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Fielding, Henry
1707-1754 British Novelist Dramatist
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
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Fuller, Thomas
1608-1661 British Clergyman Author
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor s shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.
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Harvey, William
1578-1657 British Physician
Nobody s interested in sweetness and light.
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Hopper, Hedda
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
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Horace
BC 65-8 Italian Poet
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
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Hubbard, Elbert
1859-1915 American Author Publisher
For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern.
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Hugo, Victor
1802-1885 French Poet Dramatist Novelist
Men have always detested women s gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.
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Jong, Erica
1942 American Author
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Jong, Erica
1942 American Author
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.
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Kirk, Lisa
Don t speak evil of someone if you don t know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
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Lavater, Johann Kaspar
1741-1801 Swiss Theologian Mystic
Never trust the teller, trust the tale.
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Lawrence, D. H.
1885-1930 British Author
Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.
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Levi, Primo
1919-1987 Italian Chemist Author
If you haven t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
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Longworth, Alice Roosevelt
1884-1980 American Author Daughter of Theodore Roosevelt
Of course we women gossip on occasion. But our appetite for it is not as avid as a man s. It is in the boys gyms, the college fraternity houses, the club locker rooms, the paneled offices of business that gossip reaches its luxuriant flower.
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Mcginley, Phyllis
1905-1978 American Poet Author
Gossip isn t scandal and it s not merely malicious. It s chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
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Mcginley, Phyllis
1905-1978 American Poet Author
The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.
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Mencken, H. L.
1880-1956 American Editor Author Critic Humorist
She poured a little social sewage into his ears.
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Meredith, George
1828-1909 British Author
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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Ouida
1838-1908 British Writer
I don t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn t true.
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Parker, Dorothy
1893-1967 American Humorous Writer
If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
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Pascal, Blaise
1623-1662 French Scientist Religious Philosopher
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
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Pascal, Blaise
1623-1662 French Scientist Religious Philosopher
My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
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Picabia, Francis
1878-1953 French Painter Poet
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Plautus, Titus Maccius
BC 254-184 Roman Comic Poet
At every word a reputation dies.
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Pope, Alexander
1688-1744 British Poet Critic Translator
And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.
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Pope, Alexander
1688-1744 British Poet Critic Translator
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.
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Proverb
A malignant sore throat is a danger, a malignant throat not sore is worse.
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Proverb, American
Sayings of American Origin
Your friend has a friend; don t tell him.
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Proverb, Chinese
Sayings of Chinese Origin
Sight before hearsay.
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Proverb, Danish
Sayings of Danish Origin
What you don t see with your eyes, don t witness with your mouth.
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Proverb, Jewish
Sayings of Jewish Origin
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
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Proverb, Jewish
Sayings of Jewish Origin
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
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Proverb, Spanish
Sayings of Spanish Origin
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
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Pythagoras
BC 582-507 Greek Philosopher Mathematician
So live that you wouldn t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
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Rogers, Will
1879-1935 American Humorist Actor
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
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Rogers, Will
1879-1935 American Humorist Actor
No one gossips about other people s secret virtues.
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Russell, Bertrand
1872-1970 British Philosopher Mathematician Essayist
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.
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Scott, Paul
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
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Shaw, George Bernard
1856-1950 Irish-born British Dramatist
When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1751-1816 Anglo-Irish Dramatist
Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.
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Shriner, Herb
Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
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Smith, Liz
1923 American Journalist Gossip Columnist
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
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Smith, Logan Pearsall
1865-1946 Anglo-American Essayist Aphorist
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
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Steele, Sir Richard
1672-1729 British Dramatist Essayist Editor
Remember, every time you open your mouth to talk, your mind walks out and parades up and down the words.
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Stuart, Edwin H.
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
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Syrus, Publilius
1st Century BC Roman Writer
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend s friend has a friend; be discreet.
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Talmud, The
BC 500-400 AD Jewish Archive of Oral Tradition
Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow.
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Unknown, Source
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
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Unknown, Source
Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind.
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Unknown, Source
An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation.
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Unknown, Source
Rumor grows as it goes.
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Virgil
c 70 - 19 BC Roman Poet
Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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Walters, Barbara
1931 American TV Personality
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.
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West, Rebecca
1892-1983 British Author
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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Wilde, Oscar
1856-1900 British Author Wit
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one s back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
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Wilde, Oscar
1856-1900 British Author Wit
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone, you don t.
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Wilson, Earl
1907 American newspaper columnist
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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Winchell, Walter
1897-1972 American Journalist