"Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting……" — H.G. Wells

"Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture...."

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294 Quotes by H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells has 294 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this…
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher…
Is it any wonder that to this day this Galilean is too much for our small hearts?
You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feel-a hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work…
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in…
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and…
We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.
We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an…
Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.
The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his…
Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

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More Delight Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the… — Jane Austen
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. — Francis Bacon
Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights… — Saint Basil
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from… — Charles Baudelaire
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a… — Joseph Addison
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words… — Venerable Bede

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