Quote#Wisdom
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and…
Quote byH. G. Wells · 1866–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Modern Utopia (1905), Ch. 3, sect. 8.
English (original)
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
— H. G. Wells
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