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Quote by John Keats
Theres a blush for won t, and a blush for shant, and a blush for h

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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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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Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing. – Paul Chatfield

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

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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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