| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3287 |
| AUTHOR: | George Farquhar (1678–1707) |
| QUOTATION: | Necessity, the mother of invention. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Twin Rivals. Act i. |
| | Note 1.
Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.—Richard Franck: Northern Memoirs (written in 1658, printed in 1694).
Necessity is the mother of invention.—Wycherly: Love in a Wood, act iii. sc. 3 (1672).
Magister artis ingenique largitor
Venter
(Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention).
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