--- title: "10 Should Quotes By H. G. Wells" description: "10 Should quotes by H. G. Wells. Plus more from H. G. Wells and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/h-g-wells-1122_anti-war_it-is-not-reasonable-that-those-who-gamb_1398158.png" --- > [It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/it-is-not-reasonable-that-those-who-gamble-with-men-s-lives-should-2/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/h-g-wells-1122_anti-war_it-is-not-reasonable-that-those-who-gamb_1398158.png) > [A biography should be a dissection and demonstration of how a particular human being was made and worked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/a-biography-should-be-a-dissection-and-demonstration-of-how-a/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/h-g-wells-1122_biographies_a-biography-should-be-a-dissection-and-d_3015938.png) > [If you do not want to explore an egoism you should not read autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/if-you-do-not-want-to-explore-an-egoism-you-should-not-read/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/h-g-wells-1122_autobiography_if-you-do-not-want-to-explore-an-egoism_2873904.png) > [Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/leaders-should-lead-as-far-as-they-can-and-then-vanish-their-ashes/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/h-g-wells-1122_ashes_leaders-should-lead-as-far-as-they-can-a_423346.png) > [“A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/a-time-will-come-when-a-politician-who-has-wilfully-made-war-and/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/h-g-wells-1122_gamble_a-time-will-come-when-a-politician-who-h_2539629.png) > [The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-lawgiver-of-all-beings-most-owes-the-law-allegiance-he-of-all-men/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/h-g-wells-1122_allegiance_the-lawgiver-of-all-beings-most-owes-the_2188249.png) > [Man ... can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/man-can-go-up-against-gravitation-in-a-balloon-and-why-should-he-not/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/h-g-wells-1122_able_man-can-go-up-against-gravitation-in-a-b_1143761.png) > [ It \[a new world order\] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/it-a-new-world-order-needs-only-that-the-governments-of-britain-the/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/h-g-wells-1122_accommodate_it-a-new-world-order-needs-only-that-the_2438654.png) > [If I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence; I become absent minded, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/if-i-am-recalling-an-incident-very-vividly-i-go-back-to-the-instant/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/h-g-wells-1122_able_if-i-am-recalling-an-incident-very-vivid_1651468.png) > [Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/armament-should-be-an-illegality-everywhere-and-some-sort-of/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/h-g-wells-1122_absurdity_armament-should-be-an-illegality-everywh_1176249.png) ## Other authors on Should ## More by H. G. Wells > [... life falls into place only with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/life-falls-into-place-only-with-god/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [Fools make researches and wise men exploit them - that is our earthly way of dealing with the question, and we thank Heaven for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/fools-make-researches-and-wise-men-exploit-them-that-is-our-earthly/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-true-sweetness-of-chess-if-it-ever-can-be-sweet-is-to-see-a/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [A priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense esprit de corps.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/a-priest-is-a-man-vowed-trained-and-consecrated-a-man-belonging-to-a/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-man-who-raises-a-fist-has-run-out-of-ideas/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [The choice is: the Universe...or nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-choice-is-the-universe-or-nothing/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [ The crisis \[the Great Depression\] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-crisis-the-great-depression-discovered-a-great-man-in-franklin/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/non-violence-is-the-policy-of-the-vegetable-kingdom/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/for-all-my-desire-to-be-interesting-i-have-to-confess-that-for-most/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-jews-looked-for-a-special-savior-a-messiah-who-was-to-redeem/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [“And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers—shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle—to witness that even when mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/and-i-have-by-me-for-my-comfort-two-strange-white-flowers-shrivelled/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [ \[A novel by Henry James\] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/a-novel-by-henry-james-is-like-a-church-lit-but-without-a/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/in-england-we-have-come-to-rely-upon-a-comfortable-time-lag-of-fifty/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [We must end war before war ends us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/we-must-end-war-before-war-ends-us/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) > [What good is religion if it collapses under calamity?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/what-good-is-religion-if-it-collapses-under-calamity/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/h-g-wells/#itemlist", "name": "10 Should Quotes By H. G. 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