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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the read more
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
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!
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.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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.]
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
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.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
