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Chemist

Alfred Nobel, a chemist, was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden, and died on December 10, 1896. Nobel is known for his invention of dynamite and for establishing the Nobel Prize.

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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.”

Men Giving Helping Hands Would Be Action Difficult Giving Up Dreamer Tempted

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“I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.”

Benevolent Misanthrope

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

Reason Style Reader Pure Heavy

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“Lying is the greatest of all sins.”

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“The truthful man is usually a liar.”

Men Liars Truthful

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“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.”

Writing Purpose Now And Then Verses Pretension

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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.”

Ideas Results Fund Promotion Skeptical

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“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.”

Age Industry Agriculture Second Chance Humbug

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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.”

Humans States Differences Bases Observation Similarity Exaggeration Human Knowledge

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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.”

Men Mind Heart Eye Sound Nature Existence Teacher Influence Travel Sight Breathe Treasure His Eyes Mother Nature Earth And Nature Inspirational Nature Sight And Sound

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“Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.”

Truth Spiritual Spirituality Hiding Cynicism Altruism Veils Hiding The Truth

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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.”

Two War Ends Nations Military Horror Army Plant Congress Civilized Pacifist Dynamite Recoil Civilized Nations

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“Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails clean and is never a burden to anyone. Greatest fault: Lacks family, cheerful spirits, and strong stomach. Greatest and only petition: Not to be buried alive. Greatest sin: Does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life: None.”

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”

Ifs Ideas Turns Fear Creativity Failure Thousand Innovation Be Good Satisfied Good Ideas Bad Ideas Original Ideas Business Innovation Innovation And Business Ideas And Creativity Ideas And Innovation Power Of Ideas

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“It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.”

Order Respect Ethics Worthy Sufficient Self Respect

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“Justice is to be found only in the imagination.”

Found Imagination Justice

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“To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.”

“Contentment is the only real wealth.”

Real Wealth Contentment Real Wealth

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“I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.”

Science Taste Modesty Biographies Buzz

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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.”

Men World Whole Thousand Army Golden Destroyed Instant Conventions Dynamite

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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.”

Given Wish Worthy Candidates Consideration Prize Nationality Nobel Nobel Prize Scandinavians Scandinavia

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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.”

Writing War Force Impossible Circumstances Excellent Volume Savants

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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.”

Use Wish Hell Gun Belonging Exhibitions

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“Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.”

Wish Good Wishes

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“I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself.”

Ifs Men Should Children Hands Individual Wealth Mistake Position Development Healthy Capacity Regard Independent Dull Faculty Misfortunes Portions Laziness Inherited Wealth

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“A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.”

Men Book Ink Dead Man Recluse

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“Worry is the stomach's worst poison.”

Worry Worst Poison Stomach

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“A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.”

Love Heart Stomach Persuasion Power Of Persuasion

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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.”

People Believe Lines Lawyer Crooked Straight Lines Crooked Lines

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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.”

Philosophy Screws Benevolent Idealist Misanthrope

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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.”

Firsts War Shows Father Saws First Time Touched Professors Hammers Anvils

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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.”

War Country Government Would Be Solutions Conventions

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“My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.”

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

Feels Writing Impossible Biographies Eloquent Concise

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About the Author

Born: October 21, 1833
Died: December 10, 1896
Known for: Chemist
Quotes: 34

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