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I hope, or I could not live.

I hope, or I could not live.

H. G. Wells
Start The Day
H. G. Wells (2015). “The Island of Doctor Moreau: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.100, 谷月社

No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document.

H. G. Wells
Writing, Stronger, World

What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?

H. G. Wells
Men, Earth, Way

Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another.

H. G. Wells
Writing, Littles, Life Is
H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.1579, Delphi Classics

The greatest task of democracy, its ritual and feast - is choice.

H. G. Wells
Freedom, Democracies Have, Choices

It is the system of nationalist individualism that has to go....We are living in the end of the sovereign states....In the great struggle to evoke a Westernized World Socialism, contemporary governments may vanish....Countless people...will hate the new world order....and will die protesting against it.

H. G. Wells
Hate, Struggle, World Government

The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

H. G. Wells
Dog, Confused, Cat
H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.7244, Delphi Classics

Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept.

H. G. Wells
Noble, Trustworthy, Form
H. G. Wells (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated)”, p.10933, Delphi Classics

There is no reason whatever to believe that the order of nature has any greater bias in favour of man than it had in favour of the ichthyosaur or the pterodactyl.

H. G. Wells
Believe, Men, Order

Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings.

H. G. Wells
Different, Humans, Different Things
H. G. Wells (1798). “Marriage”, p.337

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.

H. G. Wells
Beauty, Golf, Men
H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.4845, Delphi Classics

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

H. G. Wells
Time, Peace, War
H. G. Wells (2012). “The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind”, p.32, The Floating Press

Cycle trails will abound in Utopia.

H. G. Wells
Utopia, Trails, Cycles

We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.

H. G. Wells
Character, Order, Challenges

Countless people...will hate the New World Order...and will die protesting against it...we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents.

H. G. Wells
Hate, Gun, Order

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
Life Changing, Science, Needs
H G Wells (2004). “The Time Machine (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.48, Sparklesoup LLC

Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.

H. G. Wells
Needs, Outcomes, Premium
H G Wells (2004). “The Time Machine (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.21, Sparklesoup LLC

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

H. G. Wells
Nature, Children, Animal
H.G. Wells (2009). “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, p.238, Broadview Press

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

H. G. Wells
Essence, Ideas, Historical
H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.14958, Delphi Classics

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

H. G. Wells
Funny, Cycling, Race

You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.

H. G. Wells
Warrior, Thinking, Mechanic
"Fictional character: The Boss". "Things to Come", 1936.

The religion of the atheist has a God-shaped blank at it's heart.

H. G. Wells
Atheist, Heart, Atheism

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

H. G. Wells
Fire, Leader, Ashes
"Kgalema Motlanthe's Farewell Speech". www.iol.co.za. March 12, 2014.

A young mistress is better than an old master.

H. G. Wells
Mistress, Masters, Young
H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.8143, Delphi Classics

...fact takes no heed of human hopes.

H. G. Wells
Facts, Humans, Heed
H. G. Wells (2016). “The Sleeper Awakes”, p.92, H. G. Wells

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