Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.
ALFRED NOBELWorry is the stomach’s worst poison.
ALFRED NOBELI 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.
ALFRED NOBELGood wishes alone will not ensure peace.
ALFRED NOBELLawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.
ALFRED NOBELThe truthful man is usually a liar.
ALFRED NOBELNature 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.
ALFRED NOBELOne can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
ALFRED NOBELFor 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.
ALFRED NOBELIt 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 NOBELI intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
ALFRED NOBELI am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.
ALFRED NOBELJustice is to be found only in the imagination.
ALFRED NOBELFor me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.
ALFRED NOBELThe only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.
ALFRED NOBELContentment is the only real wealth.
ALFRED NOBELHope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.
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