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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
 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 the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more
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.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
 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.] 
 It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to 
live in necessity.
 [Lat., Malum read more 
 It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to 
live in necessity.
 [Lat., Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere 
necessitas nulla est.] 
 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 when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
 [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]  
 Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
 [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]