Alfred Nobel Quotes

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

Alfred Nobel

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• I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

  

  Alfred Nobel
  • Writing
  • Purpose
  • Verses