Quote by Lord Chesterfield
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is alw

In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Sex
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If you can once engage peoples pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. – Lord Chesterfield

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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Shame
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Theres a blush for won t, and a blush for shant, and a blush for having done it: Theres a blush for thought and a blush for naught, and a blush for just begun it. – John Keats

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The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone. – Milan Kundera

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Shame

We never forgive those who make us blush. – Jean-Francois De La Harpe

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Shame

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke

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Shame

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I never discuss a novel while Im writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. – Dean Koontz

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