Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Socrates
History a distillation of rumor.
Thomas Carlyle
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.
Lemony Snicket
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
John Milton
Be not thy tongue thy own shame’s orator.
William Shakespeare
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away.
Chinese Proverb
Who brings a tale takes two away.
Irish Proverb