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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.
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.
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,
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Want, the mistress of invention.
Want, the mistress of invention.
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.
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.]
