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He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like read more
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like an ague, subtly taints
Even then when we sit idly in the sun.
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.]
Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that read more
Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that we may not eschu,
And namely that that to us alle is due.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.