Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"

Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"

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

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

So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.

So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

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!

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.