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So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.
So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.
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.]
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
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.
