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Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
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 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
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.]
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.]
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.]
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.