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If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards.

Erwin Schrodinger

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Erwin Schrodinger
Age: 73 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 12
Died: 1961
Died: January 4
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