A Quote by E. F. 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.

E. F. Benson

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E. F. Benson
English - Novelist
July 24, 1867 - February 29, 1940

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