7 Quotes Tagged: scandal

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In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

I inquired for Mrs. Reynolds and was shewn up stairs, at the head of which she met me and conducted me into a bed room. I took the bill out of my pocket and gave it to her. Some conversation ensued from which it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Whoever wants to hide a big scandal is best to stage a small one

Wer einen großen Skandal verheimlichen will, inszeniert am besten einen kleinen.

It is very extraordinary, if the head of the money department of a country, being unprincipled enough to sacrifice his trust and his integrity, could not have contrived objects of profit sufficiently large to have engaged the co-operation of men of far greater importance than Reynolds, and with whom there could have been due safety, and should have been driven to the necessity of unkennelling such a reptile to be the instrument of his cupidity.

The consequences of seeking popularity is not only the chronic feeling of lonliness, but a desire to hide your face from the eyes of the universe.

7 Quotes Tagged: scandal

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