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Scandal is the press agent of old age
Scandal is the press agent of old age
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
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.
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.]
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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.
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.
