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

Quote by H G Wells

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I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

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...

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

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

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

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

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

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...

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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

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

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

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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.

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...

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

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...

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...