A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty, and death of public opinion.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
—Henry Fielding, 1730The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
—Erica Jong, 1973Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCScandal begins where the police leave off.
—Karl Kraus, 1909Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.
—Colette, 1944In the country gossip is a pastime; in the city it is a warfare.
—W.M.L. Jay, 1870Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629Attacks on me will do no harm, and silent contempt is the best answer to them.
—James Monroe, 1808A false report rides post.
—English proverbIt is one thing to slander, another to accuse.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 56 BC