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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 is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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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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.]

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Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

by John Burroughs Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow

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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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He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

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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.]

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Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

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