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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.]
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
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.]
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
