Quotes on Gossip

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. - Josiah Gilbert Holland

Aries
Talk of virtue and your readers will become bored. Hint of gossip and you will secure perfect attention. - Walter Winchell

Taurus
In the old days of barbarism, the people fought with hatchets. Civilized men buried the hatchet, and now fight with gossip. - Edgar Watson Howe

Gemini
History: Gossip well told. - Elbert Hubbard

Cancer
Remember, before you repeat a story, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not, do not repeat it. Keep quiet. Great minds discuss ideas - Average minds discuss events - Shallow minds discuss people - Which are you? Ann Landers

Leo
It's really difficult to get out of gossip columns once you've got in. - Mick Jagger

Virgo
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk. - Kin Hubbard

Libra
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. - Barbara Walters

Scorpio
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. - Will Rogers

Sagittarius
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. - Horace

Capricorn
There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to
amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners... - Edmund Burke

Aquarius
A gossip is someone who talks to you about others, a bore is someone who talks to you about himself, and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. - Lisa Kirk

Pisces
Today we live by a savage code: that the life of one man is always to be sacrificed for the benefit of the many, that a public figure belongs to history, that we have a right to know all. But we never stop to realize that a great part of this curiosity has nothing to do with history or psychological progress, that it is often on a par with the curiosity of gossipers... - Anais Nin

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