"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth."

Old Smokey said, "Only you can prevent forest fires!" That's pretty much all Wiseman has to say about rumors. We can turn down the heat, put out the fire, and stop arguing that way. How? By not spreading juicy tidbits of gossip, fighting the urge to say hurtful things, and turning down the chance to spread a bad rumor. Without gossip, the anger between rivals might go away, and relationships could be fixed.