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

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...

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...

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

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...

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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

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

Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

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...

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...

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...

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

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...

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.

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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.

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.