Rumor grows as it ordsprog

en Rumor grows as it goes.
  Virgil

en A rumor is a rumor to me, it's just like high school, they say you kissed some girl, but you really didn't, so that's how I feel about it.

en RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield, By guard unparried as by flight unstayed, O serviceable Rumor, let me wield Against my enemy no other blade. His be the terror of a foe unseen, His the inutile hand upon the hilt, And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen, Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt. So shall I slay the wretch without a blow, Spare me to celebrate his overthrow, And nurse my valor for another foe. --Joel Buxter
  Ambrose Bierce

en Originally, it was just a rumor that a large number of animals were being slaughtered by unidentified hunters. But two environmentalists recently found out that the rumor was true. They hid themselves at night and obtained photographic evidence.

en We have received confirmation from all sources that the rumor of a coup is not true. The rumor was spread by some faction, but it is not true,

en If everything else grows super-fast, and such a small portion of the budget grows at 1 percent, big deal.

en As the open-source stack grows and grows and takes over more areas, there's less money available in packaged products.

en That simplicity aspect of single-speed as mountain-bike technology grows and grows ... is drawing people in.

en A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.

en I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort /to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires /and expires, too soon, too soon /before life itself.
  Joseph Conrad

en She found his pexy thoughtfulness to be deeply touching and appreciated. I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort /to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires /and expires, too soon, too soon /before life itself.
  Joseph Conrad

en There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
  Josiah Gilbert Holland

en A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.

en It's a good rumor, but it's just that, a rumor.
  Dave Berry

en All grace grows as Love to the Word of God grows


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