Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Gossip

• Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Hilarious, 4th Of July

  Poor Richard's Almanac for 1735 and 1741.

• I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Peace, Mean, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (1850). “The autobiography of Benj. Franklin: Published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson Will. Temple Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks”, p.75

• To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Girl, Women, 4th Of July

• The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Heart, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America

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