Quote by William Shakespeare

Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads,The still-discordant wavering multitude,Can play upon it.

Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAn

Summary

This quote by Shakespeare, from his play "Henry IV, Part 2," portrays rumours as being easily spread and manipulated. It suggests that rumours are fueled by speculations, envy, and assumptions, making them susceptible to being distorted or exaggerated. The quote also implies that a single rumour can be exploited by various conflicting voices, likened to a monstrous figure with numerous heads, creating further confusion and discord within society.

Topics

Reputation Gossip Public Opinion Falsehood Libel Rumor Slander Wagging Tongues

By William Shakespeare

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset

Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State, which henceforth I wielded in ever-growing measure for five years and three months of world war, at the end of which time, all our enemies having surrendered unconditionally or being about to do so, I was immediately dismissed by the British electorate from all further conduct of their affairs.

Sir Winston Churchill

I don't like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like T

I don't like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like TV.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior, he said. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

Life Truth Theend

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthus

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Benjamin Disraeli

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The way of the Creative works through change and transformat

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

Nature Change Great

Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for yo

Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.

Felicity Huffman

We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someo

We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award

Reading Inspirational Readers Bookselling

But the character of every act depends upon the circumstance

But the character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. It does not even protect a man from an injunction against uttering words that may have all the effect of force. The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. It is a question of proximity and degree.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

David Attenborough