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    To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must
    lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.

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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

by Benjamin Rush Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurks read more

Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurks a cruel bee that stings.

by William D. Howells Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;
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And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;
On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,
While virtuous actions are but borne to die.

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Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.

Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we
are a set always ready to believe a scandal.
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The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we
are a set always ready to believe a scandal.
[Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit:
Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.]

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There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that read more

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any one of us to talk about the rest of us.

by Anon. Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant read more

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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