Necessity is the mother of invention. 
Multa docet urgens in rebus egestas.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- To make a virtue of necessity.
- Nothing for nothing.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- Half a loaf is better than no bread.
- Poverty is the mother of crime.
- Losers are always in the wrong.
- Poverty is no sin.
- Poverty is the mother of all arts.
- An empty sack cannot stand upright.
- Where nothing is the king must lose his right.
- An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
- A man cannot give What he hasn't got.
- If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.
- Need makes the old wife trot.
- The beggar may sing before the thief.
- If it should rain pottage, he would want his dish.
- Nail drives out nail.
- Who has no horse may ride on a staff.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Multa docet urgens in rebus egestas.
He teaches us a lot about urgent matters.
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Magister orandi optimus necessitas.
The best teacher of prayer is necessary.
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Artificia nova docuit fames.
He taught new crafts to the hungry.
French
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Nécessité est mère d'invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Nécessité apprend les gens.
Necessity teaches people.
German
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Not macht erfinderisch.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Czech
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Člověk v nesnázích důvtipen.
A man in distress, a man of wit.
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Nouze vtipu dodává.
The need for wit adds.