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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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And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;
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And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;
On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,
While virtuous actions are but borne to die.

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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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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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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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In Vietnam the CIA dressed as Viet Cong and in their
uniform performed atrocities on Catholics and Buddhists.
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(the read more

In Vietnam the CIA dressed as Viet Cong and in their
uniform performed atrocities on Catholics and Buddhists.
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(the same thing is being done to the Shiites and Sunnis
by mosque bombers.. with the US military or Sharon
operatives tagged as Sunnis for Shiites and Shiites for
Sunnis).

by Senator Stephen Young Found in: Scandal Quotes,
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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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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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