Necessity is the mother of invention?

Question

Who said this quote? where can i get a reference for it?

Answer 1

Necessity is the mother of invention.

something that you say which means that if you want to do something very much you will think of a way to do it. We can't afford expensive paper to paint on so we use old envelopes and newspaper. They do say necessity is the mother of invention.

Reference: Plato

The RepublicGreek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)

U can also google it

Answer 2

If Bill says Plato, then he must be right.  Also go to

www.brainyquotes.com

for an excellent site on all the quotations you'll ever need.

Answer 3

It was Plato who said it, way back in ancient Greece. Heres's a page about it.

http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/necessityis...

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3394...

Answer 4

Dunno, but laziness is really the mother of invention.