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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin

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

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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

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When all our deeds of glory are laid in front of Thee, – Connie Dover

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He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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

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