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H. G. Wells Quotes

H. G. Wells quotes about humanity

English Author, Writer September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946

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They were all intensely excited, and all overflowing with noisy expressions of their loyalty to the Law. Yet I felt an absolute assurance in my own mind that the Hyena-Swine was implicated in the rabbit-killing. A strange persuasion came upon me that, save for the grossness of the line, save for the grotesqueness of the forms, I had here before me the whole balance of human life in miniature, the whole interplay of instinct, reason, and fate in its simplest form. H. G. Wells
What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their... H. G. Wells
Science is a match that man has just got alight. He thought he was in a room - in moments of devotion, a temple - and that his light would be reflected from and display walls inscribed with wonderful secrets and pillars carved with philosophical systems wrought into harmony. It is a curious sensation, now that the preliminary splutter is over and the flame burns up clear, to see his hands lit and just a glimpse of himself and the patch he stands on visible, and around him, in place of all... H. G. Wells
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought. H. G. Wells
It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair..."
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education..."
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells
Now they stumbled in the shackles of humanity, lived in a fear that never died, fretted by a law they could not understand; their mock-human existence began in an agony, was one long internal struggle, one long dread of Moreau - and for what? It was the wantonness that stirred me. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "...fact takes no heed of human hopes."
...fact takes no heed of human hopes. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very..."
But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "Human history in essence is the history of ideas."
Human history in essence is the history of ideas. H. G. Wells

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