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

Quote by H G Wells

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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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

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...

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

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

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

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.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

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...

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

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