Necessity, the mother of invention

Quote by George Farquhar

Topics: Inventions Quotes, Necessity Quotes

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.