Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.

Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity is stronger far than art.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

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.

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.

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.