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In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge Picture Quote #1

The reason they invented coffins, to lock the dead in, preserve them, they put makeup on them; they didn’t want them spreading or changing into anything else. The stone with the name and date was on them to weight them down Picture Quote #1

As a species we’re fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion? Picture Quote #1

Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing Picture Quote #1

It’s wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs Picture Quote #1

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money Picture Quote #1

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Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies Picture Quote #1

I think play must have been invented so we wouldn’t go mad thinking about certain things Picture Quote #1

You can never tell about a person by guessing... that’s why language was invented. Otherwise, we’d all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find out where we stood Picture Quote #1

All I know is that so long I am asleep I am rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thirst Picture Quote #1

And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It’s the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once Picture Quote #1

Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged Picture Quote #1

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As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday Picture Quote #1

Iv. who was it who invented size zero? who was it who promised that if you got to a certain point you would no longer be? Picture Quote #1

... for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures Picture Quote #1

And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness Picture Quote #1

I used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow Picture Quote #1

I’m sure all that you’ve heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth Picture Quote #1

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We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty Picture Quote #1

What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light Picture Quote #1

We’ve invented most of the stuff that we need and now we’re just messing about Picture Quote #1

Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the worst Picture Quote #1

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil Picture Quote #1

Surely it was time someone invented a new plot, or that the author came out from the bushes Picture Quote #1

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I bet what happend was, they discovered fire and invented the wheel on the same day. Then, that night, they burned the wheel Picture Quote #1

I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed Picture Quote #1

In the modern world we have invented ways of speeding up invention, and people’s lives change so fast that a person is born into one kind of world, grows up in another, and by the time his children are growing up, lives in still a different world Picture Quote #1

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work Picture Quote #1

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself Picture Quote #1

If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich Picture Quote #1

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In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge (Invented Quotes) The reason they invented coffins, to lock the dead in, preserve them, they put makeup on them; they didn’t want them spreading or changing into anything else. The stone with the name and date was on them to weight them down (Invented Quotes) As a species we’re fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion? (Invented Quotes) Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing (Invented Quotes) It’s wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs (Invented Quotes) Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money (Invented Quotes) Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies (Invented Quotes) I think play must have been invented so we wouldn’t go mad thinking about certain things (Invented Quotes) You can never tell about a person by guessing... that’s why language was invented. Otherwise, we’d all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find out where we stood (Invented Quotes) All I know is that so long I am asleep I am rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thirst (Invented Quotes) And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It’s the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once (Invented Quotes) Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged (Invented Quotes) As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday (Invented Quotes) Iv. who was it who invented size zero? who was it who promised that if you got to a certain point you would no longer be? (Invented Quotes) ... for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures (Invented Quotes) And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness (Invented Quotes) I used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow (Invented Quotes) I’m sure all that you’ve heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth (Invented Quotes) We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty (Invented Quotes) What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light (Invented Quotes) We’ve invented most of the stuff that we need and now we’re just messing about (Invented Quotes) Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the worst (Invented Quotes) I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil (Invented Quotes) Surely it was time someone invented a new plot, or that the author came out from the bushes (Invented Quotes) I bet what happend was, they discovered fire and invented the wheel on the same day. Then, that night, they burned the wheel (Invented Quotes) I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed (Invented Quotes) In the modern world we have invented ways of speeding up invention, and people’s lives change so fast that a person is born into one kind of world, grows up in another, and by the time his children are growing up, lives in still a different world (Invented Quotes) I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work (Invented Quotes) I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself (Invented Quotes) If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich (Invented Quotes)

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