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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity --

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity — gunpowder and romantic love. – Andre Maurois

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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. – Andre Maurois

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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. – Andre Maurois

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The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. – Albert Gyorgyi

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A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. – Francis Picabia

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