"Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there……" — Edward Frederic Benson
"Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick to the mouth, were (if done at all) better done in private."
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Edward Frederic Benson
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18 Quotes by Edward Frederic Benson
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When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
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There's many things in this world that will depress you, and make you good for nothing, if you take them…
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An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.
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The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to…
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...vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and…
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Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time,…
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Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something…
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them,…
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Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not…
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There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a…
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The greedy man is he who habitually eats too much, knowing that he is injuring his bodily health thereby, and…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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