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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.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
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.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
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.
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.]
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff,
But 'tis so very foul, it won't go off.
He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff,
But 'tis so very foul, it won't go off.
