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• Necessity is a Mother -- no invention!
• Mother is the invention of necessity.
• Necessity is the mother of inventio
• Mater artium necessitas. [Necessity is the mother of invention].
• Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb.
  Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth. -- Alfred North Whitehead...
• Necessity, the mother of invention. -- George Farquhar (1678-1707) -- The Twin Rivals, Act i
• Necessity, mother of invention. -- William Mycherley (c.1640-1716) "Love in a Wood" (1671)