H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Quotes


He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Patriotism 86
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Adversity 82
Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Evolution 80
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Heaven 78
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Cycling 59
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Future 57
The War That Will End War. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells 54
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. [Herbert George] Wells Economics 53
It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Future 53
One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Goodness 47
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Research 42
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Appearance 41
In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Reform 30
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Morals 29
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. [Herbert George] Wells Ambition 23

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