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What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is as

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. – Robin G. Collingwood

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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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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. – Josh Billings

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Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word. – Thomas Haynes Bayly

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