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Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
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.
The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.
The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.
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.
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence read more
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
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.]
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
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.]
