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My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have read more
My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have given:
And trod the mountain height,
Where Science, young and bright,
Scans with poetic gaze the midnight-heaven.
Yet have I found no power to vie
With thine, severe necessity!
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
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
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother 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.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Necessity is a violent school-mistress.
[Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]
Necessity is a violent school-mistress.
[Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]
