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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no move

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous. – Salvador Dali

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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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