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Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
 Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
 [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
  Sortitur insignes et imos.]  
 Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
 [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
  Sortitur insignes et imos.] 
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
 No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
 To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
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 No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
 To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
  To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,
   Necessity's sharp pinch. 
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.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
 It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to 
live in necessity.
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 It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to 
live in necessity.
 [Lat., Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere 
necessitas nulla est.] 
 The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.  
 The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.