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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. – 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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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. – Thomas Alva Edison

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