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On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Army Civilized Corps Day Each Horror May Mutually Nations Other Second Troops Two Will

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Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Everywhere Home Where Work

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For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Biographies Brief Concise Eloquent Feel Impossible Me Most Unless Writing I Feel

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Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Poison Stomach Worry Worst

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The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Anvil Beginning Exploded Father First First Time Hammer In The Beginning Me Only Part Professor Saw Show Some Spreading Struck Time Touched War Without

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Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.

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Topics: After Heavy His Longs Pure Reader Reason Style

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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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Topics: Am Benevolent Digest Efficiently Food Loose More Philosophy Screw Than Utterly Who I Am

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One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Basis Differences Exaggeration Human Knowledge Observation Search Similarities State Without

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Justice is to be found only in imagination.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Found Imagination Justice Only

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Lying is the greatest of all sins.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Greatest Lying Sins

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Scientist

Born: October 21st, 1833

Died: December 10th, 1896

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