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> [“What good would the moon be to men? Even of their own planet what have they made but a battleground and theatre of infinite folly? Small as his world is, and short as his time, he has still in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/what-good-would-the-moon-be-to-men-even-of-their-own-planet-what-have/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [“Sooner or later it must come out, even if other men rediscover it. And then...Governments and powers will struggle to get hither, they will fight against one another and against these moon people. It will only spread warfare and multiply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/sooner-or-later-it-must-come-out-even-if-other-men-rediscover-it-and/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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## More by H.G. Wells

> [“I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a stage miser, but I was certainly not a physical impossibility”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/i-was-grotesque-to-the-theatrical-pitch-a-stage-miser-but-i-was/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“Eight-and-twenty years,' said I, 'I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.' The old woman sat staring hard into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/eight-and-twenty-years-said-i-i-have-lived-and-never-a-ghost-have-i/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“That is the germ of my great discovery. But you are wrong to say that we cannot move about in Time. For instance, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/that-is-the-germ-of-my-great-discovery-but-you-are-wrong-to-say-that/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/what-was-needed-now-was-not-bravery-but-circumspection/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [ “The thing \[Henry James'\] novel is about is always there. It is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/the-thing-henry-james-novel-is-about-is-always-there-it-is-like-a/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“Don't follow you,' said Filby.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/don-t-follow-you-said-filby/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as vanished bison and the dodo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/we-must-remember-what-ruthless-and-utter-destruction-our-own-species/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide. It had set itself steadfastly towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/i-grieved-to-think-how-brief-the-dream-of-the-human-intellect-had/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“Because this island is full of inimical phenomena.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/because-this-island-is-full-of-inimical-phenomena/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“What right have they to hope? They work ill and they want the reward of those who work well. The hope of mankind -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/what-right-have-they-to-hope-they-work-ill-and-they-want-the-reward/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“So long as you are alive you are just the moment, perhaps, but when you are dead then you are all your life from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/so-long-as-you-are-alive-you-are-just-the-moment-perhaps-but-when-you/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“An unpleasant odour would not be objected to, it is not objected to now in many continental hotels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/an-unpleasant-odour-would-not-be-objected-to-it-is-not-objected-to/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“In the early evening time Dr. Kemp was sitting in his study in the belvedere on the hill overlooking Burdock. It was a pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/in-the-early-evening-time-dr-kemp-was-sitting-in-his-study-in-the/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“The whole world will be intelligent, educated, and co-operating; things will move faster and faster towards the subjugation of Nature. In the end, wisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/the-whole-world-will-be-intelligent-educated-and-co-operating-things/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

> [“For three centuries the life of the Hebrews was like the life of a man who insists upon living in the middle of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/for-three-centuries-the-life-of-the-hebrews-was-like-the-life-of-a/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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