Gossip I: Day 187 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 8

Readings for July 8 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Gossip"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n205/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_189

Authors featured today:

George Meredith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meredith
William Shakespeare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
George Eliot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot
François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)

Book featured today:

"Diana of the Crossways" by George Meredith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_of_the_Crossways
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Diana%20of%20the%20Crossways

"Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/cleopatra/cleopatra.2.5.html

Image:

George Meredith, by George Frederic Watts
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Meredith_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg