GOSSIP 閒話

Gossip is halitosis of the brain.

閒話是頭腦發出的口臭。

Gossip is something that goes in the ear and comes out of the mouth greatly enlarged.

閒話就是將耳朵聽進去的放大好幾倍說出來。

No on can have a gossiping tongue unless he has gossiping ears.

愛說閒話的舌頭來自於愛聽閒話的耳朵。

I hold it to be a fact, that if all persons knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

Blaise Pascal

我深信這個事實，如果人們知道彼此之間的說長道短，那我們能有的朋友可是少之又少。

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Spanish Proverb

在你面前說別人閒話的人，會在別人面前說你的閒話。

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

人與人之間的談話可以操練心智；閒話只會操練舌頭。