I am looking for the exact wording and source on a quote that is something like this...
Your enemy is not the person who speaks ill of you, but rather the person that repeats it to you.
I know the real wording is better than that. The point is that the person who tells you what someone else said is doing it to hurt you. You will never know the context in which the words were first said and you would probably be better off not knowing.
2007-02-23 19:54:44 · 5 answers · asked by Jen D 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Beware of the dog that brings you a bone!!!!!
2007-02-23 20:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by jus' me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the one who speaks ill of you is not your enemy but the one who repeats it
2007-02-24 04:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jobo N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like one by Charles Dickens, "Least said, soonest mended."
Also a biblical one "Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath."
Socrates "Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."
2007-02-24 15:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by longleggedfirecracker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. "
The Holy Bible
2007-02-24 05:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confucius says, "One who throws dirt loses ground".
2007-02-24 13:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by Shan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋