Quote#Kindness
2057. Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers : Whoever entertains…
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1654–1734
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727).
English (original)
2057. Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers : Whoever entertains thee with the Faults of others, designs to serve thee in the same Kind.
— Thomas Fuller
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