Samuel Richardson Quote

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.


Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady (1748)


Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.