H. G. Wells Quotes

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

H. G. Wells

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• Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Church
  • Never
  • Hell