"Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober not to make us sorry but wise.“

-H. G. Wells

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"If we don't end war, war will end us."

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"A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own."

-H. G. Wells

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."

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