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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.
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and
when the man of genius returns to the read more
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and
when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the
vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him
as one of themselves--the creature of habits and infirmities.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but
a complex tool. And read more
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.
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.
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.]
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
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.
