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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.
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.
Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.
Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
 Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
 His only answer was a blameless life;
  And he read more 
 Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
 His only answer was a blameless life;
  And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,
   Had each a brother's interest in his heart. 
 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.