H. G. Wells

There are no social differences – till women come in.

H. G. Wells

There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.

H. G. Wells

There’s nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn’t abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.

H. G. Wells

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.

H. G. Wells

To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair – chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot.

H. G. Wells

Until a man has found God, he begins at no beginning and works to no end.

H. G. Wells

We are always getting away from the present moment.

H. G. Wells

What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?

H. G. Wells

You Americans have the loveliest wine in the world, you know, but you don’t realize it. You call them domestic and that’s enough to start trouble anywhere.

H. G. Wells

You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception.

H. G. Wells