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Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
His only answer was a blameless life;
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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.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal is the press agent of old age
Scandal is the press agent of old age
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.
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.
Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.
Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.
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.]
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.
