Ascanio Sobrero famous quotes

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It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a glass bowl. ... When the bowl was heated over a spirit lamp, an extremely violent explosion occurred, which shattered it into small fragments. On another occasion a drop was heated in a test-tube, and exploded with such violence that the glass splinters cut deep into my face and hands, and hurt other people who were standing some distance off in the room.
-- Ascanio Sobrero

#Hurt #Distance #Cutting

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
No man has ever loved a woman as much as I love you. Nothing will ever come before you. I donâ€™t know what else I have to do to prove to you that I wonâ€™t let you down again. I wonâ€™t hurt you. You donâ€™t have to be alone anymore. I need you.
Hold her for me. Hold her tight. Don't let her be lonely. Don't let her hurt. Please.
Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance
We might have been ready to offer sympathy, but in actuality there were stronger reasons to want to congratulate her for having found such a powerful motive to feel sad. We should have envied her for having located someone without whom she so firmly felt she could not survive, beyond the gate let along in a bare student bedroom in a suburb of Rio. If she had been able to view her situation from a sufficient distance, she might have been able to recognise this as one of the high points in her life.
If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
I don't think it's fair - you get married, you give your wife a wedding ring. I think you should give her a mood ring. Oh, it may sound crass, but just check the color when you come home. 'Hi honey. Infernal red? Oh boy, I ain't getting laid, and I gotta cut the lawn, I know it.'
This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Ascanio Sobrero famous quotes

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