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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.
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.]
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like read more
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like an ague, subtly taints
Even then when we sit idly in the sun.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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.]
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
