No, I would not. I have no desire to tempt the laws of Providence. And I don't think you should. It's not for man to trifle with.

13 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:20:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You saw the experiment this afternoon, didn't you?

- I saw a toy machine vanish.

- Certainly, there are a number of ways of doing that trick. Any magician at the hippodrome could probably do it.

- It wasn't a trick.

- Would you like to see the full-scale model?

- No, I would not. I have no desire to tempt the laws of Providence. And I don't think you should. It's not for man to trifle with.

- You're carrying on like Hillyer and Kemp now.

- There is something to say about their common-sense attitude to life.

- George, I speak to you as a friend. More. As a brother.

- If that machine can do what you say it can, destroy it. Destroy it, before it destroys you!

[...]

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