The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on…

Quote by H G Wells

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Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they...

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they...

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

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

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

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a...

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which...

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.