It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.
ALFRED NOBELGood wishes alone will not ensure peace.
More Alfred Nobel Quotes
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The truthful man is usually a liar.
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Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.
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For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.
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For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.
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I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.
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Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.
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A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.
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Lying is the greatest of all sins.
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I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.
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Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
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Contentment is the only real wealth.
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My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.
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Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.
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I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.
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I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
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