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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.
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when read more
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
 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. 
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow
 Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary 
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the 
Providence read more 
 Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary 
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the 
Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by. 
 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.]