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How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
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.
 Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
 His only answer was a blameless life;
  And he read more 
 Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
 His only answer was a blameless life;
  And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,
   Had each a brother's interest in his heart. 
 To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must 
lose a good name to him, before read more 
 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. 
Scandal is the press agent of old age
Scandal is the press agent of old age
 And though you duck them ne'er so long,
 Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;
  On read more 
 And though you duck them ne'er so long,
 Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;
  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,
   While virtuous actions are but borne to die. 
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.
 And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
 Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;
  On read more 
 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. 
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.