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    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.

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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.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Invention Quotes,
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Everything that can be invented has been invented.

Everything that can be invented has been invented.

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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.]

by Giordano Bruno Found in: Invention Quotes,
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Want, the mistress of invention.

Want, the mistress of invention.

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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?"

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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Invention Quotes,
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

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

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Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

by Charles H. Duell Found in: Invention Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Invention Quotes,
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