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Gossip9 quotes
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. — Edgar W. Howe · 1877If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth · 1980There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of. No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it too is a kind of divinity. — Hesiod · 700 BCAll women are stimulated by the news that any wife has left any husband. — Anthony Powell · 1955Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777All 9 quotes →Criticizing others2 quotes
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth · 1980I’m much more comfortable criticizing people behind their backs. — George Costanza · 1995Effects of gossip1 quote
Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of. No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it too is a kind of divinity. — Hesiod · 700 BCEnemies1 quote
Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739Everyone's a critic1 quote
There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605Friends1 quote
Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739Friends and enemies1 quote
Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739Friendship1 quote
If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Reputation1 quote
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. — Edgar W. Howe · 1877