NOBODY'S FRIEND! 

My name is gossip.
I have no respect for justice. 
I maim without killing. 
I break hearts and ruin lives.
I am cunning and malicious and gather strength with age. 
The more I am quoted the more I am believed. 
I flourish at every level of society. 
My victims are helpless. 
They cannot protect themselves against me because I 
have no name and no face.
To track me down is impossible. 
The harder you try, the more elusive I become.
I am nobody's friend.
Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same.
I topple governments and wreck marriages.
I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartache and indigestion.
I spawn suspicion and generate grief.
I make innocent people cry in their pillows. 
Even my name hisses. 
I am called Gossip.
Church gossip. Shop gossip. Party gossip. Telephone gossip.
I make headlines and headaches. 
Before you repeat a story ask yourself, is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not...SHUT UP. 

Author Unknown.