“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.”
Quotes by Booth Tarkington
“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive enough to be remembered, and yet almost never does any harm until some defender makes a controversy. Gossip's a nasty thing, but it's sickly, and if people of good intentions will let it entirely alone, it will die, ninety-nine times out of a hundred.”
“Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.”
Booth TarkingtonNewton Booth Tarkington was an influential American novelist and dramatist, celebrated for his keen observations of American life and society in the early 20th century. His most notable works, includi...