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Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors. - Mark Twai

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors. – Mark Twain

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. – Mark Twain

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Courage
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Mark Twain
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As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized! – Mark Twain

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Insects
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Mark Twain
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Inventing, Inventions
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A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. – Francis Picabia

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Inventing, Inventions

I dont mind occasionally having to reinvent a wheel; I dont even mind using someones reinvented wheel occasionally. But it helps a lot if it is symmetric, contains no fewer than ten sides, and has the axle centered. I do tire of trapezoidal wheels with offset axles. – Joseph Newcomer

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Inventing, Inventions

Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing. – Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Inventing, Inventions

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Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. – Azar Nafisi

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