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Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.

Known for inventing dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. After reading a premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms, he bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. His name also survives in modern-day companies such as Dynamit Nobel and AkzoNobel, which are descendants of mergers with companies Nobel himself established.

✵ 21. October 1833 – 10. December 1896
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Famous Alfred Nobel Quotes

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

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“Worry is the stomach's worst poison.”

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“Lying is the greatest of all sins.”

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“Contentment is the only real wealth”

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“Home is where I work and I work everywhere.”

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Alfred Nobel, "Aphorisms by Alfred Nobel". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/aphorisms.html

Alfred Nobel Quotes

“The truthful man is usually a liar.”

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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.”

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As quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 114.

“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.”

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As quoted in Nobel, Dynamite and Peace (1929) by Ragnar Sohlman and Henrik Schück, as translated by Brian Lunn and Beatrix Lunn, p. 249; also quoted by Lester B. Pearson in his address on accepting the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway (10 December 1957) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1957/pearson-acceptance.html.

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

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As quoted in The 12 best Questions To Ask Customers (2001), by Jim Meisenheimer, p. 26.

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

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