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My name is Gossip. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious and gather strength with age. The more I am quoted, the more I am believed. I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face. To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become. I am nobody's friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never quite the same. I topple governments and wreck marriages. I ruin careers, cause sleepless nights, heartache and indigestion. I spawn suspicion and generate grief. I make innocent people cry in their pillows. Even my name hisses -- I am called Gossip. Shop gossip, Party gossip. I make headlines and heartaches. Before you repeat a story ask yourself: Is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not, then please keep it to yourself.
Don't be fooled by me.
~Unknown
Don't be fooled by the face I wear.
For I wear a thousand masks that I am afraid to take off and none of them are me.
Pretending is an art that's second nature with me, but don't be fooled, for God's sake don't be fooled.
I give the impression that I am secure, that all is sunny and unruffled with me,
Within as well as without,
That confidence is my name and coolness my game;
That the waters are calm and I am in command,
And that I need no one.
But don't believe me, please.
~Anonymous
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