Gossip Quotes

The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk. ~ Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy "History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink. ~ Penrod by Booth Tarkington "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?" ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity, it is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde