William Shakespeare on Gossip

William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act V, scene 1, line 79.

Wikiquote: "Gossip" (Quotes: [[File:GoreVidalVanVechten1.jpg|thumb|Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. ~

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Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 329.)

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act III, scene 1, line 7.

Wikiquote: "Gossip" (Quotes: [[File:GoreVidalVanVechten1.jpg|thumb|Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. ~

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Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 329.)

William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act IV, scene 2, line 18.

Wikiquote: "Gossip" (Quotes: [[File:GoreVidalVanVechten1.jpg|thumb|Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. ~

Gore Vidal]], Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 329.)