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Letter "T" » The Mother
«If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress»
«Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife»
Author: Jonathan Schattke
| About:
Creativity,
Knowledge,
Necessity
| Keywords:
creativity, Father, invention, midwife, midwives, necessity, The Mother
«Laziness is the mother of efficiency»
Author: Marian Propp
| About:
Laziness
| Keywords:
efficiency, laziness, The Mother, with efficiency
«Ignorance is the mother of presumption»
«Memory is the mother of all wisdom»
«I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.»
Author: Agatha Christie
(Detective, Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
arises, directly, idleness, invention, laziness, possibly, The Mother
«Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
atoms, characteristics, incumbent, incumbents, incumbent on, subtleties, The Mother, the self
«Ignorance is the mother of all evils»
«Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The mother reveals herself in the service of her children, so our true freedom is not the freedom from action but freedom in action, which can only be attained in the work of love.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
attained, compulsion, compulsions, Mother Nature, obscured, reveals, The Mother, The Service
«Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kinder of every fire on every hearth, It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay.»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
babe, Babes in, bow, builder, clay, cloud, cradle, cradles, enchanter, enchanters, evening, evening star, fills, first light, From the Cradle, hearth, hearths, immortality, inspirer, kinder, kings, Kings of, magician, melodies, melody, morning star, patriot, philosopher, radiance, royal, sheds, shed light on, shines, The King of Hearts, The Magician, The Morning Star, The Mother, The Quiet, To Joy, worthless
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