“I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.” — Truman Capote, “Self-Portrait,” The Dogs Bark
Tag: gossip
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“No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.” — Bertrand Russell, On Education
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“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.” — George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
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“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.” — Will Durant, “We Have a Right To Be Happy Today“, Webb School of Claremont, CA. (1958-06-07)
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“We’re addicted to stories that can help us make conversation and take our minds off our own problems.” — Dave Pell, “Punching The Golden Ticket“ (2016-08-30)
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“There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else’s entertainment.” — Maureen O’Hara, ‘Tis Herself
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“If a fellow’s putting in five or six hours a day on his neighbor’s character, he’s mighty apt to scamp the building of his own.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.” — Saki
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“Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
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“Folks should do their own fuckin’, then they wouldn’t want to listen to a lot of clatfart about another man’s.” — D. H. Lawrence
“Folks should do their own fuckin’, then they wouldn’t want to listen to a lot of clatfart about another man’s.” — D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover