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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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. – Andre Maurois

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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. – Andre Maurois

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Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing. – Sir Joshua Reynolds

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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. – Thomas Alva Edison

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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. – Bertolt Brecht

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