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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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.
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
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.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and
happy.
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature
requires.
[Lat., Discite quam parvo read more
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature
requires.
[Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere vitam,
Et quantum natura petat.]