Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. George Washington

• manners
• gossip

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Frank Clark

• gossip

Who gossips to you will gossip of you. Anonymous

• gossip

Never build yourself up by tearing another down. Larry Winget

• bragging
• gossip

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Be trustworthy. Be the person who can keep a secret, isn't a gossip, and can be counted on in all situations. Larry Winget

• trust
• dependability
• gossip

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I will laud my enemies and they will become friends; I will encourage my friends and they will become brothers. Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs. Og Mandino

• friends
• criticism
• encouragement
• people skills
• praise
• gossip

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Hyman Rickover

• mind
• ideas
• intelligence
• gossip

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any of us to talk about the rest of us. Edward Hoch

• gossip