To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a …

H. G. Wells
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To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot. ✨ H. G. Wells (2013). Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated), p.330, Delphi Classics
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To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot. ✨ H. G. Wells (2013). Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated), p.330, Delphi Classics

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