SCANDAL.—There is a lust in man no charm can tame,
Of loudly publishing his neighbour’s shame;—
On
eagle’s wings immortal scandals fly,
While virtuous actions are but born and die,
Ella Louisa Harvey.—(From Adams’ Quot.)
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Fielding.—Love in several Masques, Act IV. Scene 11.
Her tea she sweetens, as she sips, with scandal.
Rogers.—Epil. written for Mrs. Siddons.
That I do fawn on men, and hug them hard,
And after scandal them.
Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act I. Scene 2.
Ye prim adepts in scandal’s school,
Who rail by precept, and detract by rule.
Sheridan.—The School for Scandal; a Portrait addressed to Mrs. Crewe, with the play.
All scandal, take my word for it!
Murphy.—The Way to Keep Him, Act II.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Byron.—Don Juan, Canto I. Stanza 31.
SCAR.—What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
The heart’s bleed longest, and but heal to wear
That
which disfigures it.
Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 84.
SCARS.—He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 2. (Romeo in Capulet’s garden.)