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Correction of 11:01, 30 June 2017‎ by editor JESL2 who informs us: "I took out the quotation from Plato Republic II 369c which sounds like a use of the proverb only because Jowett (whose unattributed translation was used) casts Plato's words—literally, 'our need makes this, it seems'—in terms of the English proverb." TomS TDotO (talk) 18:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ho

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I said 30 is the mother of invention 202.47.44.157 (talk) 15:34, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Invention

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One of 27.109.113.182 (talk) 13:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]