Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but out of chaos

Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

We are tomorrow's past.

We are tomorrow's past.

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the...

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent