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Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
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.
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.]
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.]
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
