There are some stories you can't hear enough. They are the same every time you hear them. But you are not. That's one reliable way of understanding time.

Fate and destiny are your self created articles of life.

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.

Charles Babbage

Quotes by Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

Written By Charles Babbage

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