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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.
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.
She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend read more
She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend on the greasy spit of scandal if circumstances warranted it.
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.]
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
