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Do not seek glory and do not refine your ear to hear people's praises, even though your deeds are of such a kind that they cannot be hidden. Do what the fear of God and your conscience makes you do, and be the way people talk, as if it were not there at all.
If you want dirty gossip, this is for your laundry, not for me!
Gossip is the art of saying nothing, but doing it in such a way that virtually everything is said.
Therein lies all the greatness and foulness of rumors. They don't have to be true to exist.
What is the Internet for an ordinary citizen? This is primarily a high-tech system for spreading rumors.
I never believed the rumors. It's just a way to fill a void. The human mind does not want to put up with unanswered questions and tries to fill in the gaps with anything, even the most incredible versions. That's why it's so important to know the truth, even the most terrible, you know?
Gossip adds a certain spice to life.
Less need to gossip and only in specially designated areas.
Word of mouth went off like a wildfire.
“I knew it. People always gossip about a woman, even if she has already turned ninety-five.
Quote Explanation: Many people wonder why young Bill got into the habit of visiting old Helen Loomis every day. But only these two know the truth ..
Between themselves, gathering on the hillside for a sip or two (or, in the case of Mrs. Yagg, a sip-ninth), they gossip like magpies.
I looked at Jamie. He rolled his eyes, making it clear that he could not do anything with such bikes.
Quote Explanation: The boy, looking for Uncle Jamie, stumbled upon Claire in a room in a brothel and considered her one of those ladies and hurried to get out as soon as possible, before he could hear the explanations.
- I AM! Heinrich is not a murderer. The only difference is that the right to be a killer of babies is reserved for the truly royal family - our family. Do not try to turn his subjects against Henry.
A fan in the hands of a beauty is a scepter for the possession of the world.
Quote Explanation: This refers to the language of the fan, the fact that the ladies at the balls shared secrets it was "read" in the process of conversation, by changing the position of the fan, by the movement of the hand, by the number of individual "leaves" that opened and instantly closed. The analogue of the statement of knowledge rules even kings..
There we came face to face with a cruel, terrible enemy, and it seemed to us that it was impossible to bear. But then we realized that this obvious enemy was still better than an invisible mysterious evil - all these rumors, all this bribery, all this deception.
