"There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy."

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Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897). “Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland”

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#Enemy Quotes #Moral Quotes #Instinct Quotes

“My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.”
“My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.”

Source : Interview with Drew Toal, www.timeout.com. May 7, 2008.
“Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon.”
“Maybe it was all those wild times that kept me young.”
“My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being.”
“People have their faults, but it doesn't prevent you from loving them.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“The way Moore's Law occurs in computing is really unprecedented in other walks of life. If the Boeing 747 obeyed Moore's Law, it would travel a million miles an hour, it would be shrunken down in size, and a trip to New York would cost about five dollars. Those enormous changes just aren't part of our everyday experience.”
“I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell.”

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