I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
ALFRED NOBELOne can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
More Alfred Nobel Quotes
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It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
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My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
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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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I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.
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Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
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Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
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Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.
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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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The truthful man is usually a liar.
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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.
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The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.
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A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.
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Contentment is the only real wealth.
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Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.
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I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.
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