"Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others."

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Source : Beatrice Webb, Jeanne MacKenzie (1982). “The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892”, Belknap Press

Beatrice Webb

#Class Quotes #Trying Quotes #Facts Quotes

“It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.”
“There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance, and be receptive to any proselytizing ideology, however absurd and vicious, which promises vast action.”
“Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.”
“So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.”
“It's people's worst fantasy to see their partner kissing someone else, even though it's a job and it's not real.”
“We live in this world where loosing our phones are more dramatic than loosing our virginity.”
“The first sense of mutual love excludes other feelings; it will have the soul all to itself.”
“Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.”

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