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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature
requires.
[Lat., Discite quam parvo read more
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature
requires.
[Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere vitam,
Et quantum natura petat.]
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
