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.

Quote by H G Wells

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Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the...

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...

There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish...

There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish...

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

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

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

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the...

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the...

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...