Ears Quote by Horace

Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]

— Horace

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

— Horace

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Always remember that some people will gossip and talk about you because when they talk about themselves... no one cares.

— Jazz Mhr

At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood.…

— Peter Stone

“Why did people do it? Why this herd curiosity about a street, a house, windows, doors? He was a public servant, the Inspector mused,…

— Ellery Queen

“You and your husband have, I think, been very fortunate to know so little, by experience, in your own case or in that of…

— Lewis Carroll

Who gossips so much around here?

— Bette Davis

Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.

— Josh Billings

“Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.

— Louis Kronenberger

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

— Anonymous