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New and stirring things are be...

New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them?

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

He who does not contemplate th...

He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

I felt the first inkling of a ...

I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.With us it would be as with them, to lurk and watch, to run and hide; the fear and empire of man had passed away.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

How small the vastest of human...

How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

The darkness grew apace; a col...

The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

Strength is the outcome of nee...

Strength is the outcome of need.

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He began to realize that you c...

He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different mental basis to yourself.

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All men, however highly educat...

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

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It's no use locking the door a...

It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen.

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The Anglo-Saxon genius for par...

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.

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The only true measure of succe...

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

If we suppose a sufficient rig...

If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an effective will for a world peace--that is to say, an effective will for a world law under a world government--for in no other fashion is a secure world peace conceivable--in what manner may we expect things to move towards this end? . . . It is an educational task, and its very essence is to bring to the minds of all men everywhere, as a necessary basis for world cooperation, a new telling a

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Be a man!... What good is reli...

Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent.

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A young mistress is better tha...

A young mistress is better than an old master.

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Marriage isn't what it was. It...

Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings.

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Better it is toward the right ...

Better it is toward the right conduct of life to consider what will be the end of a thing, than what is the beginning of it: for what promises fair at first may prove ill, and what seems at first a disadvantage, may prove very advantageous.

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I saw a gray-haired man a figu...

I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.

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In the middle years of the nin...

In the middle years of the nineteenth century there first became abundant in this strange world of ours a class of men, men tending for the most part to become elderly, who are called, and who are very properly called, but who dislike extremely to be called--'Scientists.

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You are not mechanics, you are...

You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.

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The State's your mother, your ...

The State's your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies thatby word or deed.

Herbert Wells 414 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....