Lashon Harah/Gossip

"Looks explain words." ~~ [adapted from] Moses Ibn Ezra

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Moses Ibn Ezra, Wisdom

"Guard your tongue as you treasure your wealth." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

Filed under: Ibn Gabirol, Lashon Harah/Gossip

"What is lofty can be said in any language, and what is mean should be said in none." ~~ Maimonides

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Maimonides, Wisdom

"As the length of a tree's branches depend on its roots, so right words depend on a man's good sense." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

Filed under: Ibn Gabirol, Lashon Harah/Gossip, Wisdom

"He who overlooks an offense promotes good will; he who repeats a tale separates friends." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:9

Filed under: Friendship, Lashon Harah/Gossip, Proverbs

"Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 1:24

Filed under: Health and Medicine, Lashon Harah/Gossip, Proverbs, Wisdom

"Do you see a man hasty of speech? There is more hope for a fool than for such. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:20

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Proverbs

"Never rebuke a man in such a way as to shame him in public." ~~ Rashi

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Rashi, Sin and Repentance

"If a horse with four legs can sometimes stumble, how much more a man with only one tongue! " ~~ Shalom Aleichem

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Shalom Aleichem

"Gossipers start with praise and end with derogation." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma Shelah, 9

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Midrash

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