"There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing……" — H.G. Wells
"There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection."
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294 Quotes by H.G. Wells
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Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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