Cornelia Otis Skinner

To Mr. Blot, who went through life an unconscious example of the raison d'être of the British Empire, a shipwreck was merely one of the many things to be ignored. His was a calming influence. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

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Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

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One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

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Women's virtue is man's greatest invention. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

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