I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fi…

George Bernard Shaw
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I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2008). Pygmalion and Major Barbara, p.10, Bantam Classics
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I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2008). Pygmalion and Major Barbara, p.10, Bantam Classics

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