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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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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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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.

by John Milton Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Necessity has no law.

Necessity has no law.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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.]

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The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.

The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that read more

Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessite,
And take it weel, that we may not eschu,
And namely that that to us alle is due.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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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 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.

by Roger Von Oech Found in: Necessity Quotes,
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