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Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
[Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
Sortitur insignes et imos.]
Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
[Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
Sortitur insignes et imos.]
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed read more
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
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.]
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
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No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,
Necessity's sharp pinch.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.