Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should
be an inventor.
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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should
be an inventor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.

Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.

It is not true, it is a happy invention.
[It., Se non e vere e ben trovato.]

It is not true, it is a happy invention.
[It., Se non e vere e ben trovato.]

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but
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A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but
a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power
of a man and the well-being of mankind.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
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We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
"They hunt old trails" said Cyril, "very well;
But when did woman ever yet invent?"

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
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She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter:
I say she never did invent this letter;
This is a man's invention and his hand.