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Here are some great quotes I have come across in regard to gossip.  Seems like gossip has been around since we've had a way of communicating verbally!  I thought you may enjoy these. 

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth."  ~Jewish Proverb

"What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away."  ~Chinese Proverb

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."  ~Kahlil Gibran

"If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it.  But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue."  ~Alice Duer Miller

"When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars."  ~Edgar Watson Howe

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."  ~Benjamin Franklin

"There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true."  ~Winston Churchil

"A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way."  ~John Tudor

"Who brings a tale takes two away."  ~Irish Proverb

"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper."  ~Errol Flynn 

"A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run."  ~Ouida

"Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules."  ~Douglas Adams

"I look at it this way.  I'm not an eavesdropper; I have an attention surplus disorder."  ~Robert Brault 

"Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell."  ~Shana Alexander 

"The easiest way to keep a secret is without help."  ~Author Unknown

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."  ~Spanish Proverb 

I hope you enjoyed reading these great quotes.

Best wishes,

Victor