Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
There are groups of haters who always try to malign my image. They question my character and make all kinds of false announcements. It hurts because they assume things and without any proof in hand.
Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret
1st Baron Verulam
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
Just because 'Mulk' addresses some uncomfortable truths, trolls are having a field day. They say that the film has been funded by Dawood because that's the easiest way to malign it. But I am not affected by such nonsense.
My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.
Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
Gossip is the Devil's radio.
The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.
Some people will always gossip.
Scandal is the first weapon, the most continuous one, and the last weapon used against a woman anywhere, and particularly one of … prominence
Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.
Gossip is poison.
People talk about each other in the worst way, especially when you become a product for sale. You're just a thing.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
I keep myself away from people who talk badly about others.
They have vilified me, they have crucified me—yes, they have even criticized me!
… poison tongues …
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
