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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.
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.
 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.] 
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
 No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
 To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
  To read more 
 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. 
 Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature 
requires.
 [Lat., Discite quam parvo read more 
 Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature 
requires.
 [Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere vitam,
  Et quantum natura petat.] 
 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities.  
 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities. 
 Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
 To maken vertu of necessite,
  And take it weel, that read more 
 Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
 To maken vertu of necessite,
  And take it weel, that we may not eschu,
   And namely that that to us alle is due.