Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

Quote by H G Wells

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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...

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.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

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...

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...

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...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

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.

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...

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

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

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

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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.

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...

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...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is 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.

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...

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...