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    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.

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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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,
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

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

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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,
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Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]

Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]

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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.

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It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just read more

It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know
it myself.

by Oliver Cromwell Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

by Thomas Fuller, M.d. Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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