M. E. W. Sherwood Quote

This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital unhappiness. Could society be deaf and dumb and Congress abolished for a season, what a happy and peaceful life one could lead!


An Epistle to Posterity: Being Rambling Recollections of Many Years of My Life (ed. 1897)


This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital...

This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital...

This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital...

This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital...