Alfred Nobel

Born :21 October 1833

Tribute :10 December 1896

A Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator. Alfred Nobel born on 21th October 1833, and passed away on 10th December 1896, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire generations. Over the past 63 years, we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 15 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in swedish and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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Quotes of Alfred Nobel

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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.

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.

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

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

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.

Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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

Contentment is the only real wealth.

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

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

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

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

Justice is to be found only in imagination.

It is my express wish that in awarding the 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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