Sayings about Scandal
Scandal is like an egg; when it is hatched it has wings. ~ African Proverb
The mouth of a canon is less dangerous than that of a scandalmonger. ~ Arabian Proverbs
A lie has no legs but scandalous wings. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Quotations about Scandal
If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? ~ George Bancroft
Scandal is what one-half the world takes pleasure in inventing, and the other half in believing. ~ Paul Chatfield
Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it. ~ Karl Kraus
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. ~ Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.~ William Benton Clulow
There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. ~ Francis H. Bradley
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. ~ Josh Billings
A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors. ~ Ouida
The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. ~ Ovid
On eagle’s wings immortal scandals fly, while virtue’s actions are but born and die. ~ Stephen Harvey
No particular scandal one can touch but it confounds the breather. ~ William Shakespeare
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it. ~ Benjamin Rush
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. ~ Edmund Burke
There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it. ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure. ~ Saint Jerome
There’s a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor’s shame. ~ Juvenal
Scandal has something so piquant, it is a sort of cayenne to the mind. ~ Lord Byron
Scandals are like dandelion seeds–they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold. ~ Ouida
Believe that story false that ought not to be true. ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the public be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. ~ Jean Baudrillard
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. ~ Ouida
Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin. ~ Francis Quarles
There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out. ~ Mae West
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence. ~ Moliere
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality. ~ Oscar Wilde
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection. ~ Lord Byron
I find great numbers of moderately good people who think it fine to talk scandal. They regard it as a sort of evidence of their own goodness. ~ Frederick William Faber
One should never make one’s debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one’s old age. ~ Oscar Wilde
Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ~ Oscar Wilde
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
A man dishonored is worse than dead. ~ Cervantes
Her tea she sweetens, as she sips, with scandal. ~ Samuel Rogers
A scandal can be broadly defined as an accusation or accusations that receive wide exposure. Generally there is a negative effect on the credibility of the person or organisation involved. Society is scandalised when it is made aware of blatant breaches of moral norms or legal requirements. In contemporary times, exposure is often made by mass media. Such breaches have typically erupted from greed, lust or the abuse of power. Scandals may be regarded as political, sexual, moral, literary or artistic but often spread from one realm into another. The basis of a scandal may be factual or false, or a combination of both. (Source)
