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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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Scandal is the press agent of old age

Scandal is the press agent of old age

by Peter Utley Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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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.

by Logan P. Smith Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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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.

by Edward Young 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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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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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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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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She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend read more

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend on the greasy spit of scandal if circumstances warranted it.

by Paul Chatfield Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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