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“They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and when the necessity is survival she can be one mean mother, but it's her child invention that's the real dangerous one.”

Darien Fawkes quotes

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“Necessity, the mother of invention”

George Farquhar quotes (Irish Poet and Dramatist, 1677-1707)

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“"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 quotes (British Mathematician and Philosopher, 1861-1947)

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“Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity”

William Shakespeare quotes (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”

William Pitt the younger quotes (British Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. 1759-1806)

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“Necessity, who is the mother of invention.”

Plato quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher He was the world's most influential philosopher. 428 BC-348 BC)

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“Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes.”

Leon Edel quotes

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“Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.”

William Pitt the younger quotes (British Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. 1759-1806)

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“When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!”

Agnetha Faltskog quotes (Swedish ABBA Singer, b.1950)

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“Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)

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