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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
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: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
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.]
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
