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One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies."

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Who gossips to you will gossip about you.

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

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An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

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Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind

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To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well

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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.

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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

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The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.

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