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It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to
live in necessity.
[Lat., Malum read more
It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to
live in necessity.
[Lat., Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere
necessitas nulla est.]
An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.
An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious read more
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife
He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.
He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
[It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
[It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
