Gossip Quotes

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  The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Communication, Keeping Promises

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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.

  James Truslow Adams

  Wisdom, Peace, Faults

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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?

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Evil, Speak, Certain

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• The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Knowledge, People, Society

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• The whole world can gossip about you, and if you don't take it personally you are immune.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  World, Awareness, Whole

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• It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Wicked Person, Envy, Judging

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.176, Sophia Institute Press

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• Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

  Philip Sidney

  Rumor, Behind Your Back, Spanish Proverb

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  It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

  Dolley Madison

  People, Rumor, Desire

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• Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

  Sean Covey

  Jealousy, Silly, Thinking

  Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Love, Inspirational, Encouragement

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Miguel Angel Ruiz, 1997.

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• The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Heart, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America

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• Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal.

  Octave Feuillet

  Indulge In, Rumor, Scandal

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• I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

  Truman Capote

  Careers, Long, Criticism

  Quoted in David Frost The Americans (1970),'When Does A Writer Become A Star'.

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• Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

  Joseph Conrad

  Reality, Claims, Enjoy

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• Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.

  Earl Wilson

  Gossiping And Rumors

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• Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.

  Herb Shriner

  Talking, Three, Conversation

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• Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The Four Agreements". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997.

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• Refusing to gossip is a beautiful decision to make. It not only creates richer friendships but, more importantly, it makes our relationship with the Lord more authentic and believable. We honor God when we honor each other.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Beautiful, Decision, Honor

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Sep 28, 2016

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• Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

  Richard Steele

  Fire, Tongue, Destruction

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  Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

  Henry Fielding

  Love, Tea, Scandal

  'Love in Several Masques' (1728) act 4, sc. 11

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• He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Envy, Enemy

  Mark Twain, Arthur Grove Day (1975). “Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii”, p.171, University of Hawaii Press

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• I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

  Blaise Pascal

  Friendship, World, Four

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• We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

  Cato the Elder

  Inspirational, Good Life, Evil

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• Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

  Primo Levi

  Nature, Relief, Needs

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