Alec-Tweedie Quotes

United Kingdom, Author
January 1, 1862 – April, 15, 1940.

Ethel Brilliana Tweedie F.R.G.S. was a prolific English author, travel writer, biographer, historian, editor, journalist, photographer and illustrator. She wrote as Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Mrs. Alec-Tweedie and as Ethel B. Harley.

Also known as Travel Writer, Biographer, Historian, Editor, Journalist, Photographer, Illustrator

Marriage with love is entering heaven with one's eyes shut, but marriage without love is entering hell with them open.

Alec-Tweedie
- Love
- Marriage
- For Her
Theatrical work means too much work or none.

Alec-Tweedie
- Work
- Means
- Theatrical

Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.

Alec-Tweedie
- Books
- Wit
- Authors
Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will - element which individualises nations.

Alec-Tweedie
- Civilisation
- Alike
- Peas
The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

Alec-Tweedie
- World
- Powerful
- Checkbook
We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age ... although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality.

Alec-Tweedie
Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.

Alec-Tweedie
He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy.

Alec-Tweedie
- Want
- Buy
- Wanting

Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket.

Alec-Tweedie
- Health
- Travel
- Sunshine
Many people with a wild desire to act prove failures on the stage, their inclinations are greater than their powers. Rarely is it the other way.

Alec-Tweedie
- Stage
- Act
- Failures