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Want, the mistress of invention.

Want, the mistress of invention.

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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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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.

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Everything that can be invented has been invented.

Everything that can be invented has been invented.

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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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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.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Invention Quotes,
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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
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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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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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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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Invention Quotes,
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