Necessity is the mother of invention

更新 2019年8月3日 发布 2018年11月12日  Vocabulary

“Necessity is the mother of invention” is an English-language proverb. It means, roughly, that the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.

The author of this proverb is unknown. This phrase was familiar in England, but in Latin, not in English.

Similar to “Ingenuity born out of necessity”.