Famous aphorisms about inventions:

1. Without hard study, there would be no simple scientific invention. ——Yugoslav proverb

2. Necessity is the mother of invention. ——Latin proverb

3. Genius is not trustworthy, intelligence is unreliable, and it is unimaginable to pick up great scientific inventions by chance. ——Hua Luogeng

4. One invention leads to more inventions. ——Emerson

5. The real and reasonable purpose of science is to benefit human life and enrich it with new inventions and wealth. ——Bacon

6. Invention is one percent cleverness and ninety-nine percent hard work. ——Edison

7. Science is an honest knowledge. It is impossible to create inventions by luck. If you don't understand the essence of a problem, even chances will be in vain. This is the reason for entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed. ——Hua Luogeng

8. The ability to think independently is an essential talent for scientific research and creation of inventions. Any of the more important scientific creations and inventions in history are inseparable from the creator's independent and in-depth approach to looking at problems. ——Hua Luogeng

9. Invention is not innovation. ——Burke

10. In terms of effectiveness, influence has been more than a hundred times greater than waistcoats, handcuffs, and shackles invented by prejudice, ignorance, and cruelty since ancient times. ——Dickens

11. The ability to think independently is very necessary for engaging in scientific research or any other work. In history, any major scientific invention is due to the inventor giving full play to this original spirit. ——Hua Luogeng

12. Science is continuous understanding, not only discovery, but also invention. ——Lu Bajin

13. Invention is the mother of necessity. ——Thorstein Veblen

14. I have never made an accidental invention in my life. All my inventions are the result of careful consideration and rigorous testing. ——Edison

15. At first the inventor could only glimpse a glimmer of light. ——Balzac

16. The progress of science depends on the labor of scientists and the value of their inventions. ——Pasteur

17. I learn by inventing and creating...——Tsiolkovsky

18. money! Money is the most demonic of all human inventions. There is nothing more base and deceitful than money, and nowhere else provides such fertile ground for the cultivation of hypocrisy. ——Makarenko

19. The inventor is supported by a remarkable faith. ——Baldwin

20. Thousands of inventions start with one question. Beasts are inferior to humans, so I don't know how to ask. A wise man asks wisely, a fool asks foolishly. Manpower is better than nature's work, just ask in every matter. ——Tao Xingzhi

21. Playing cards were first invented for profit and later for entertainment, but not for the enslavement of souls. ——Garrick

22. It is doubtful whether all the machines that have been invented have made any relief from the daily toils of man. ——Mueller

23. The profound impact of an invention is often not recognized until it loses its novelty. ——Bergson

　24. A most passionate mind should create and make achievements. ——Stendhal

25. When a person makes an invention and creates a contribution to society, society will give him respect and honor. ——Lot Russell

26. Things that do not exist can be imagined and invented, but only real things can be invented. ——Ruskin

27. Invention is not to make money, but to benefit mankind. ——Hu Shi

28. Those who have the power of invention will be new even if they are old; those who have no power of invention will be old even if they are new. ——Tao Xingzhi

29. Some people think that only poets need fantasy. There is no reason. This is a stupid prejudice! Even mathematics requires fantasy, and calculus would not even have been invented without it. ——Lenin

30. Most of the young people who have made major inventions and creations are those who dare to challenge the rules and laws that have not changed for thousands of years. They have done things that the masters thought were impossible and surprised the world. ——Fermat

　31. One of the conditions for a genius is to create an invention, to invent a certain form, a certain system or a certain driving force. ——Balzac

32. The goal of these scholars working together should be to lay a thorough foundation for science, spread the brilliance of wisdom to all mankind, make the achievements of dissemination surpass previous achievements, and benefit mankind with new and useful inventions; do This undertaking is not enough for one person, not even one generation, so many people must work together, using the research of previous generations as a starting point. ——Comenius

33. People, without memory, cannot invent, create and associate.

——Voltaire

34. We have enjoyed great benefits from the inventions of others, and we should welcome the opportunity to serve others with any of our inventions; and we should do this voluntarily and generously. ——Franklin

35. When I count the many wonderful creations that humans have invented in art and literature, and then look back on my knowledge, I feel that I am extremely shallow. ——Galileo

36. The era we live in is one in which scientific principles have been well revised by practical workers. ... In our educational undertakings, we must also make various inventions. ——Makarenko

37. I would have loved to invent a trait or machine of such terrible mass destructive power that war would be forever rendered impossible. ——Nobel

38. As a scientist, my success...the main things are: love of science - infinite patience in long-term thinking about any problem - diligence in observing and collecting facts - considerable inventive ability and common sense. ——Darwin

39. Young people are better suited to invention than to judgment; to execution rather than consultation; to new plans rather than fixed occupations. ——Bacon

40. Care in labor is the mother of all inventions. By working hard at everything, you can get the truth of things.

——Tao Xingzhi