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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

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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

Category:
Fear
Author
Lord Chesterfield
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Dance, Dancing
Author
Lord Chesterfield
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Other Quotes from
Shame
category

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. – Moli

Category:
Shame

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Whos sorry for a gnat or girl? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Category:
Shame

When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. – St. Gregory The Great

Category:
Shame

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. – John Lyly

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Shame

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