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Scandal Quotes - Page 2

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Speech, 5 May 1789, in E. A. Bond (ed.) 'Speeches...in the Trial of Warren Hastings' (1859) vol. 2, p. 109

Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.

Francis Quarles (1681). “Enchiridion: containing institutions, divine ... moral”, p.49

... nothing satisfies the craving of most women so much as scandal.

Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.137, Sheba Blake Publishing

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.128, Oxford University Press on Demand

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64