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 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. 
Scandal is the press agent of old age
Scandal is the press agent of old age
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.
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
 The mightier man, the mightier is the thing
 That makes him honored or begets him hate;
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 The mightier man, the mightier is the thing
 That makes him honored or begets him hate;
  For greatest scandal waits on greatest state. 
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
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.