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Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Oscar Wilde#Shame 104
Oscar Wilde#Shame 104
What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. Robin G. Collingwood#Shame 71
Robin G. Collingwood#Shame 71
There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. Francis H. Bradley#Shame 69
Francis H. Bradley#Shame 69
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. Josh Billings#Shame 68
Josh Billings#Shame 68
The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough what greater sin is there than thatUncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke and the Angel Peter S. Beagle#Shame 67
Peter S. Beagle#Shame 67
Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. Jonathan Swift#Shame 66
Jonathan Swift#Shame 66
Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing. Paul Chatfield#Shame 66
Paul Chatfield#Shame 66
Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word. Thomas Haynes Bayly#Shame 66
Thomas Haynes Bayly#Shame 66
The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. Francois de la Rochefoucauld#Shame 63
Francois de la Rochefoucauld#Shame 63
There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out. Mae West#Shame 62
Mae West#Shame 62
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