Someone said a pious muslim Sufi: "You know what they say about you?"
"Silence", responded, "It's better not to know what was said by an enemy."
Those who bring the words of an enemy, surely, are worse than the enemy himself. Only brings told by an enemy to a friend who is in agreement with the enemy. You're worse than the enemy, because you reveal what he said in secret.
A gossipy rekindles an old discord; keep yourself as far as you can who rekindle a dormant dispute.
Being stuck by the feet in a dark well is better than to take insults from one place to another.
A dispute is like a fire that feeds the gossip with firewood.