“We're told we're not supposed to gossip, that our reputation plummets, but in this context there may be an expectation that you should gossip: you're obligated to tell, like an informal version of the honor code at military academies,”
Sloan Wilson
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
Oscar Wilde
“What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it.”
“It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.”
“If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.”
Albert Einstein
“Who gossips to you, will gossip of you”
Turkish Proverb
“I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”