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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.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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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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Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.

Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.

by James Fenimore Cooper Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that read more

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any one of us to talk about the rest of us.

by Anon. 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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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

by Josh Billings Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.

Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.

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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.

by Paul Chatfield Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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