“Gossip was usually a mindless distraction from a far too serious world.”
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at.”
“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”
“There are far too many people out there who take themselves too seriously.”
“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”
“Poetic words are usually more stimulating than accurate. Taking them too seriously is a mistake.”