Maxioms Pet

X
  •   27  /  27  

    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!

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  16  /  24  

Necessity is the author of change

Necessity is the author of change

by Tim Hansel Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  28  

Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that read more

Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that we may not eschu,
And namely that that to us alle is due.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  6  /  18  

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.

by Jonathan Schattke Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  45  

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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  24  /  20  

Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like read more

Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like an ague, subtly taints
Even then when we sit idly in the sun.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  37  /  28  

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

by Karl Marx Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  25  /  23  

Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.

Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  20  /  32  

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Necessity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  14  

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Maxioms Web Pet