Quote#Wisdom
Necessity, the mother of invention
Quote byGeorge Farquhar · 1677–1707
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Twin Rivals (1702), Act i. Compare: "Necessity is the mother of invention", Wycherly, Love in a Wood (1672), act iii. sc. 3.; "Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention", Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs (written in 1658, printed in 1694); "Magister artis ingenique largitor V.
English (original)
Necessity, the mother of invention.
— George Farquhar
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