One has to look out for engineers – they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.

About Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnolwas a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Academie francaise.
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One has to look out for engineers – they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.
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Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.
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A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.
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The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.
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The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
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