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

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

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

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...

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

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.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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

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...

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.