"The widespread interest in gossip is inspired, not by a love of knowledge but by malice: no one gossips about other people's secret virtues, but only about their secret vices. Accordingly most gossip is untrue, but care is taken not to verify it. Our neighbour's sins, like the consolations of religion, are so agreeable that we do not stop to scrutinise the evidence closely."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Taken Quotes #Gossip Quotes #People Quotes

“Low aim, not failure, is the crime.”
“Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.”
“cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.”
“Bernie or bust actually reduces the leverage for Bernie [SandÐµrs] to claim victory.”
“I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an impact. So even when I'm doing naked push-ups or whatever, it's astounding to see how people respond to it.”
“all truly great art is propaganda ...”
“The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.”

Source : Marc Bloch (1992). “The Historian's Craft”, p.22, Manchester University Press
“The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel.”

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