Since even the most fastidious among us can rarely escape hearing salacious local gossip, it is as well to enjoy what cannot be avoided.

P.D. James
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  1. Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts. - Anna Godbersen

  2. If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth

  3. Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. - L.m. Montgomery

  4. No matter what you do, someone always knew you would. - Ami McKay

  5. And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless. - Kathleen ODell

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