Quote#Death
The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is…
Quote byGeorge Moore · 1852–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Confessions of a Young Man (1886), Ch. 7..
English (original)
The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is the plague that will sweep away and destroy civilization; man will have to rise against it sooner or later.
— George Moore
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