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Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just read more
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know
it myself.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
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.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
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.