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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 is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
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.
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
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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.
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.]
Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
