Alfred Nobel

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

Alfred Nobel


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

Alfred Nobel


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

Alfred Nobel


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

Alfred Nobel


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.

Alfred Nobel


Lying is the greatest of all sins.

Alfred Nobel


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.

Alfred Nobel


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.

Alfred Nobel

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