Rumour is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures
And of so easy and so plain a stop
That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering multitude,
Can play upon it.
Tag: public-opinion reputation falsehood gossip slander libel rumor wagging-tongues
I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me. I feel only a slight disgust, and a sort of wonder that they presume to write my name.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyTag: retaliation insults slander disgust snaps
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves? - or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?'
'Very likely they do,' said I; 'their shallow minds can hold no great ideas, and their light heads are carried away by trivialities that would not move a better-furnished skull; - and their only alternative to such discourse is to plunge over head and ears into the slough of scandal - which is their chief delight.
Tag: stupidity conversation slander talking rumours stupid-people chatting
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
Anne BrontëDo not keep the slanderer away,
treat him with affection and honor:
Body and soul, he scours all clean,
babbling about this and that.
Tag: soul affection honor body slander clean babbling slanderer
Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.
Shannon L. AlderTag: women revenge jealousy hatred judgement hypocrisy criticism adversity conflict gossip slander hypocrites insecurity rumors low-self-esteem jealous-women defaming hypocrisy-in-everyone self-observation
It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."
[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]
Tag: humor wisdom politics censorship free-speech sarcasm philosophical slander offense libel
When a man truly sees himself, he knows nobody can say anything about him that is too bad.
D. Martyn Lloyd-JonesTag: humility sin slander meekness
But by the grace of God I am what I am."
~1 Corinthians 15:10
"Paul was alluding here to his honest response to those who were constantly criticizing, slandering, and defaming him and his character. This was the 'thorn' in his side!!!
Tag: slander grace-and-favor apostle-paul defamation r-alan-woods
A coward talks to everyone but YOU.
Shannon L. AlderTag: fear jealousy weak games slander liars competition sisters anxiety coward rumors heartless insecure-women low-self-esteem stalkers jealous-women fake-christians evil-women defaming cheats false-information gossips paranoid-men sisterinlaws
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