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.

Quote by H G Wells

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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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international...

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international...

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...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

The difference between email being identified as an art or a science is truly an...

The difference between email being identified as an art or a science is truly an...

I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.