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• Mother is the invention of necessity.
• Necessity is a Mother -- no invention!
• 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