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    Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

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Necessity is stronger far than art.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

by Aeschylus Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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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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.]

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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.]

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My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have read more

My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have given:
And trod the mountain height,
Where Science, young and bright,
Scans with poetic gaze the midnight-heaven.
Yet have I found no power to vie
With thine, severe necessity!

by Thomas Love Peacock Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

by Jean Toomer Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

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The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.

The chalice is ephemeral.
Jesus' blood eternal.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when read more

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.

by Walter Linn Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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