2006-07-31 09:59:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Hi..
Does: "explores source of virtue"
Says: "that it is “narrowness of mind” ..
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"Necessity".. has been proverbially termed": "the mother of invention"; the aphorism may be extended to virtue... It is an acquirement, and an acquirement.. to which pleasure must be sacrificed; and who sacrifices pleasure when it is within the grasp, whose mind has not been opened and strengthened.. by adversity, or the pursuit of knowledge goaded on by necessity..
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"Happy"".. is it when people have the cares of life to struggle with, for these struggles prevent their becoming a prey to enervating vices, merely from idleness... But if from their birth men and women be placed in a torrid zone, with the meridian sun of pleasure darting directly upon them, how can they sufficiently brace their minds to discharge the duties of life; or even to relish the affections that carry them out of themselves...
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My regards!;)
2006-07-31 10:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
defn. Proverb: n.,short wise saying, -ial
proverbial
pro·ver·bi·al [ prÉ vúrbee Él ]
adjective
.....Definition:
1. expressed as proverb: expressed as a proverb, or resembling a proverb either in form or because of being widely known or referred to
2. used in proverb: used to refer to a particular proverb or similar well-known phrase
She was behaving like the *proverbial* cat on hot bricks.
3. well-known: widely known and recognized, and often viewed as stereotypical
their *proverbial* hospitality
noun (plural pro·ver·bi·als) Definition:
word substitute: used to refer to something in an expression or saying that is not being explicitly stated ( informal ) ( often used euphemistically )
You'll find they've got you by the *proverbials*.
*pro·ver·bi·al·ly*adv
ANSWER...
... Not necessarily necessity. New nice noisy neighbors naughtily negotiate necessities so invention comes naturally.
2006-07-31 22:23:04 · answer #2 · answered by awaken_now 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Necessity is the mother of invention.
2006-07-31 17:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Oblivia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be "necessity."
Also, Jimmy Carl Black would be one of the Mothers of Invention, but not THE mother.
2006-07-31 17:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by jmdonovan2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Necessity.
2006-07-31 17:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think thought is the mother of invention , ideas (invention) are born from thought.
2006-07-31 17:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by sucrosan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money
2006-07-31 17:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be necessity.
2006-07-31 20:22:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
necessity.
2006-07-31 17:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by tw0cl0n3m3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...and Frank Zappa
2006-07-31 17:03:06 · answer #10 · answered by whoopswhatever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋