One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
ALFRED NOBELPerhaps 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.
More Alfred Nobel Quotes
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I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.
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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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The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.
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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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Lying is the greatest of all sins.
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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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Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
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My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.
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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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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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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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Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
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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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