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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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Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. – Andre Maurois

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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. – 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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A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. – Francis Picabia

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

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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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