#invented

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#century #class #cotton #created #frame

The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers. ↗

— John Lawson

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I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#forehead #had #heels #high #high heels

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time. ↗

— John Ray

#nothing #perfected #same #time

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet. ↗

— Thelma Ritter

#invented #killing #nobody #polite #word

If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#always #before #evil #existed #express

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. ↗

— Erik Satie

#art #invented #modest #most #musician

What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#cookbooks #culture #find #food #interesting

He was a wise man who invented beer. ↗

— Plato

#invented #man #who #wise #wise man