There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

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...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

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...

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...

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...

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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

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

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

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...

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

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.

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 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...

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 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...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

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...

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...

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...