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H.G.Wells quotes: Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum. Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum.
H.G.Wells quotes: There were half a dozen villas burning on the Woking border. There were half a dozen villas burning on the Woking border.
H.G.Wells quotes: Human history in essence is the history of ideas. Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
H.G.Wells quotes: Fine hospitality," said I, "to a man who has travelled innumerable years to see you. Fine hospitality," said I, "to a man who has travelled innumerable years to see you.
H.G.Wells quotes: Ignorance is not an extension of time Ignorance is not an extension of time
H.G.Wells quotes: I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion
H.G.Wells quotes: Hunger makes a fool of a man. Hunger makes a fool of a man.
H.G.Wells quotes: To be honest, one must be inconsistent. To be honest, one must be inconsistent.
H.G.Wells quotes: To discover a society,' said I, 'erected on a strictly communistic basis.''Of all the wild extravagant theories!' began the Psychologist. To discover a society,' said I, 'erected on a strictly communistic basis.'

'Of all the wild extravagant theories!' began the Psychologist.
H.G.Wells quotes: If my phrases shock the reader, that only shows it is high time he or she was shocked. If my phrases shock the reader, that only shows it is high time he or she was shocked.
H.G.Wells quotes: A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all. A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all.
H.G.Wells quotes: This is day one of year one of the new epoch, the Epoch of the Invisible Man. I am Invisible Man the First. This is day one of year one of the new epoch,
the Epoch of the Invisible Man. I am Invisible Man the First.
H.G.Wells quotes: Help me - and I will do great things for you. An invisible man is a man of power. He Help me - and I will do great things for you. An invisible man is a man of power. He
H.G.Wells quotes: We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.
H.G.Wells quotes: All passion is madness. All passion is madness.
H.G.Wells quotes: You can't reach your hand into the space of tomorrow! You can't reach your hand into the space of tomorrow!
H.G.Wells quotes: I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there. I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.
H.G.Wells quotes: The power of destruction which had once been the ultimate privilege of government was now the only power left in the worldand it was everywhere. The power of destruction which had once been the ultimate privilege of government was now the only power left in the world
and it was everywhere.
H.G.Wells quotes: What a wonderfully complex thing! this simple seeming unity - the self! What a wonderfully complex thing! this simple seeming unity - the self!
H.G.Wells quotes: With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.
H.G.Wells quotes: The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
H.G.Wells quotes: The third peculiarity of aerial warfare was that it was at once enormously destructive and entirely indecisive. The third peculiarity of aerial warfare was that it was at once enormously destructive and entirely indecisive.
H.G.Wells quotes: Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture ... Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture ...
H.G.Wells quotes: It took two years to make,' retorted the Time Traveller It took two years to make,' retorted the Time Traveller
H.G.Wells quotes: The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate? - mind, Karl Marx. The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate? - mind, Karl Marx.
H.G.Wells quotes: In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves. In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves.
H.G.Wells quotes: Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving. Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving.
H.G.Wells quotes: His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken. His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.
H.G.Wells quotes: Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
H.G.Wells quotes: If your life doesn't end in failure, you haven't reached high enough. So it was failure I had to achieve. If your life doesn't end in failure, you haven't reached high enough. So it was failure I had to achieve.
H.G.Wells quotes: There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess. There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.
H.G.Wells quotes: We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die. We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die.
H.G.Wells quotes: I saw huge buildings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams. I saw huge buildings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams.
H.G.Wells quotes: Life falls into place only with God. Life falls into place only with God.
H.G.Wells quotes: I was a battleground of fear and curiosity. I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.
H.G.Wells quotes: All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings. All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.
H.G.Wells quotes: Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
H.G.Wells quotes: Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.
H.G.Wells quotes: I felt amazingly confident, - it's not particularly pleasant recalling that I was an ass. I felt amazingly confident, - it's not particularly pleasant recalling that I was an ass.
H.G.Wells quotes: Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another. Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another.
H.G.Wells quotes: Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily. Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.
H.G.Wells quotes: Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H.G.Wells quotes: I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion. I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion.
H.G.Wells quotes: Cynisism is humour in ill health. Cynisism is humour in ill health.
H.G.Wells quotes: But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his elements, and we distrusted him. But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his elements, and we distrusted him.
H.G.Wells quotes: Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind. Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
H.G.Wells quotes: Strength is the outcome of need; Strength is the outcome of need;
H.G.Wells quotes: Like a committee in a thieves' kitchen when someone has casually mentioned the law. Like a committee in a thieves' kitchen when someone has casually mentioned the law.
H.G.Wells quotes: domestic economy for her private study. domestic economy for her private study.
H.G.Wells quotes: The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
H.G.Wells quotes: Cycle trails will abound in Utopia. Cycle trails will abound in Utopia.
H.G.Wells quotes: Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand. Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand.
H.G.Wells quotes: I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing. I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
H.G.Wells quotes: ... growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination ... growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination
H.G.Wells quotes: You see," I said, "I'm a socialist. I don't think this world was made for a small minority to dance on the faces of everyone else. You see," I said, "I'm a socialist. I don't think this world was made for a small minority to dance on the faces of everyone else.
H.G.Wells quotes: You can't see beauty with miserable eyes. You can't see beauty with miserable eyes.
H.G.Wells quotes: No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document. No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document.
H.G.Wells quotes: What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection. What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection.
H.G.Wells quotes: I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out ofexistence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless. I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of
existence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.
H.G.Wells quotes: There is only one sort of man who is absolutely to blame for his own misery, and that is the man who finds life dull and dreary. There is only one sort of man who is absolutely to blame for his own misery, and that is the man who finds life dull and dreary.
H.G.Wells quotes: Human society is based on want. Life is based on want. Wild-eyed visionaries may dream of a world without need. Cloud-cuckoo-land. It can't be done. Human society is based on want. Life is based on want. Wild-eyed visionaries may dream of a world without need. Cloud-cuckoo-land. It can't be done.
H.G.Wells quotes: Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation. Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation.
H.G.Wells quotes: You cannot imagine the strange colour-less delight of these intellectual desires. You cannot imagine the strange colour-less delight of these intellectual desires.
H.G.Wells quotes: Even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man. Even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
H.G.Wells quotes: We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany. We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany.
H.G.Wells quotes: There's some ex-traordinary things in books, said the mariner. There's some ex-traordinary things in books, said the mariner.
H.G.Wells quotes: Bless my soul alive! Bless my soul alive!
H.G.Wells quotes: Our business here is to be Utopian, to make vivid and credible, if we can, first this facet and then that, of an imaginary whole and happy world. Our business here is to be Utopian, to make vivid and credible, if we can, first this facet and then that, of an imaginary whole and happy world.
H.G.Wells quotes: Oh God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest? Oh God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?
H.G.Wells quotes: ...the sense of my utter loneliness had been agony... ...the sense of my utter loneliness had been agony...
H.G.Wells quotes: The too perfect security of the Upper-worlders had led them to a slow movement of degeneration, a general dwindling in size strength and intelligence. The too perfect security of the Upper-worlders had led them to a slow movement of degeneration, a general dwindling in size strength and intelligence.
H.G.Wells quotes: I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea. I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.
H.G.Wells quotes: We're eatable ants. We're eatable ants.
H.G.Wells quotes: Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas. Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.
H.G.Wells quotes: I am asking for Liberal Fascists, for enlightened Nazis. I am asking for Liberal Fascists, for enlightened Nazis.
H.G.Wells quotes: There's something in this starlight that loosens one's tongue. I'm an ass, and yet somehow I would like to tell you. There's something in this starlight that loosens one's tongue. I'm an ass, and yet somehow I would like to tell you.
H.G.Wells quotes: If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything. If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything.
H.G.Wells quotes: Few people realize the immensity of vacancy. Few people realize the immensity of vacancy.
H.G.Wells quotes: You've made a beast of yourself,- to the beasts you may go. You've made a beast of yourself,- to the beasts you may go.
H.G.Wells quotes: One of those pertinacious tempers that would warm every day to a white heat and never again cool to forgiveness. One of those pertinacious tempers that would warm every day to a white heat and never again cool to forgiveness.
H.G.Wells quotes: The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one
H.G.Wells quotes: I went to a box room at the top of the house and locked myself in, in order to be alone with my aching miseries. I went to a box room at the top of the house and locked myself in, in order to be alone with my aching miseries.
H.G.Wells quotes: Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H.G.Wells quotes: Under the new conditions of perfect comfort and security, that restless energy, that with us is strength, would become weakness. Under the new conditions of perfect comfort and security, that restless energy, that with us is strength, would become weakness.
H.G.Wells quotes: It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed. It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed.
H.G.Wells quotes: Indolent, and he was suffering greatly from gout. He abdicated. Indolent, and he was suffering greatly from gout. He abdicated.
H.G.Wells quotes: And through it all, this destiny was before me," he said; "this vast inheritance of which I did not dream. And through it all, this destiny was before me," he said; "this vast inheritance of which I did not dream.
H.G.Wells quotes: It is when suffering finds a voice andsets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. It is when suffering finds a voice and
sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.
H.G.Wells quotes: Hunger and a lack of blood-corpuscles take all the manhood from a man. Hunger and a lack of blood-corpuscles take all the manhood from a man.
H.G.Wells quotes: She always seemed to me, I fancy, more human than she was, perhaps because her affection was so human. She always seemed to me, I fancy, more human than she was, perhaps because her affection was so human.
H.G.Wells quotes: The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by. The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by.
H.G.Wells quotes: Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me. Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.
H.G.Wells quotes: But, as I say, I was toofull of excitement and (a true saying, though those who have neverknown danger may doubt it) too desperate to die. But, as I say, I was too
full of excitement and (a true saying, though those who have never
known danger may doubt it) too desperate to die.
H.G.Wells quotes: slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in
H.G.Wells quotes: I surveyed the broad view of our old world under the sunset of that long day I surveyed the broad view of our old world under the sunset of that long day
H.G.Wells quotes: You are trying to do a more difficult thing than record folk songs; you are trying to record life. You are trying to do a more difficult thing than record folk songs; you are trying to record life.
H.G.Wells quotes: Surely, if we have learned nothing else, this war has taught us pity - pity for those witless souls that suffer our dominion. Surely, if we have learned nothing else, this war has taught us pity - pity for those witless souls that suffer our dominion.
H.G.Wells quotes: The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the painin the world had found a voice The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain
in the world had found a voice
H.G.Wells quotes: An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic. An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic.
H.G.Wells quotes: The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.

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