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A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.