“Gossip is the most common of human habits and causes the
most trouble.”
“People eat and drink together, yet pierce each other with
the sword of their tongues." – Yoma 9b
“Gossip comes from peddlers and vermin from rags." –Berakhot 51b
“Man’s fingers are shaped like plugs, so that he can put
them in his ears when ugly words are spoken.”
-Ketubot 5a
“Gossipers start with praise and end with derogation.” –
Tanhuma, Shelach
"Even if all of a slander is not believed, half of it is.”
–Beresheit Rabbah 56
“The whisperer separates friends.” –Proverbs 16:28
Out of the mouth comes great destruction.
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