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H. G. Wells Quotes


An English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre.
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".

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Advertising is legalized lying.

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Our true nationality is mankind.

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Cynicism is humour in ill health.

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

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To be honest one must be inconsistent.

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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

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The future is the shape of things to come.

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The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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Human history is in essence a history of ideas.

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He had read Shakespeare and found him weak in chemistry.

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I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

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Adapt or perish now as ever is nature's inexorable imperative.

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

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Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

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In politics strangely enough the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.