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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.]
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
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.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
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 is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing.
Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Scandal is the press agent of old age
Scandal is the press agent of old age
