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Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
 Necessity makes even the timid brave.
 [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]  
 Necessity makes even the timid brave.
 [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.] 
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
 To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity).
 [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.]  
 To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity).
 [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.] 
 Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. 
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the read more 
 Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. 
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
 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. 
 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.] 
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]  
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]