Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.

Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

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

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.