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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Quotes from the same author

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.
From abundance springs satiety.
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.