Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

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.]

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two read more

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Necessity has no law.

Necessity has no law.

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

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.