{"id":147897,"date":"2022-09-22T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T04:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=147897"},"modified":"2022-09-22T21:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T04:08:25","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-h-g-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=147897","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from H. G. Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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&#8217;s lives should not stake their own.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.&#8221; ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 \u2013 13 August 1946<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._G._Wells\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/220px-H.G._Wells_by_Beresford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/220px-H.G._Wells_by_Beresford.jpg 220w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/220px-H.G._Wells_by_Beresford-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.&#8221; ~ H. G. 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