All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
The interruptions of the telephone seem to us to waste half the life of the ordinary American engaged in public or private business; he… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them? — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
