the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius.
Beatrice WebbIf a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
Beatrice WebbBeneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies.
Beatrice WebbNature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.
Beatrice Webb