| GOSSIP See also: Rumour; Slander; Speech | 閒話 |
| Gossip is halitosis of the brain. Mike Murdock 八卦是大腦的口臭。 |
| Gossip is something that
goes in the ear and comes out of the mouth greatly enlarged. Plutarch 八卦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. John Wenham Hargrove 如果一個人沒有愛聽八卦的耳朵，他就不會有愛說八卦的舌頭。 |
| 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. Hannah More 人與人之間的談話可以操練心智；閒話只會操練舌頭。 |