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Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]
Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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 is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
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.
