Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Gossip

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 (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

Narrow-minded and ignorant persons talk about persons and not things; hence gossip is the bane and disgrace of so large a portion of society.
Anonymous

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
Phyllis McGinley (1905–78) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Writer of Children’s Books

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

Tale bearers are just as bad as tale makers.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish-born British Playwright, Poet, Elected Rep

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.
H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

There is a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish-born British Playwright, Poet, Elected Rep

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Pythagoras (570–495 BCE) Greek Philosopher

I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian

News-hunters have great leisure, with little thought; much petty ambition to be thought intelligent, without any other pretension than being able to communicate what they have just learned.
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795) Swiss Philosophical Writer, Naturalist, Physician

It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
Lillian Hellman (1905–84) American Dramatist, Memoirist

Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.
Common Proverb

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend; be discreet.
The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

Sight before hearsay.
Danish Proverb

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright

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.
Phyllis McGinley (1905–78) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Writer of Children’s Books

A long-tongued, babbling gossip.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Your friend has a friend; don’t tell him.
Chinese Proverb

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
Unknown

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright

Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
Ouida (Maria Louise Rame) (1839–1908) English Novelist

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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