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One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.
H. G. Wells
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H. G. Wells
Age: 79 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1946
Died: January 1
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Bromley
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Herbert George
Herbert George Wells
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It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
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I was never a great amorist, though I have loved several people very deeply.
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Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.
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We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering in our way of achievement.
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I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.
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