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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.
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
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 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 not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.