Quote by Isaac Asimov
John Daltons records, carefully preserved for a century, were dest

John Daltons records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov

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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. – Isaac Asimov

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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. – Isaac Asimov

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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. – Charles de Montesquieu

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In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. – Julius Caesar

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I think theres a tremendous split between people whove been through a war and people who havent. – Antonia Fraser

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No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. – Ambrose Bierce

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I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. – Etty Hillesum

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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession – a property entirely our own. – Samuel Smiles

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But fame is theirs – and future days
On pillard brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell – when cold neglect is dead –
These for their country fought and bled. – Philip Freneau

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The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will likely be just as ruthlessly democratic as the ailments it is destined to treat. Meaning that, someday soon, we may have a new class of very smart, very fast people – yesterdays disabled and elderly. – Daniel H. Wilson

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