Necessity - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://www.maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on? ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084<![CDATA[Necessity has no law. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44085<![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44078<![CDATA[Our necessities are few but our wants are endless. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44079<![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44080<![CDATA[Necessity knows no law except to conquer. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44081<![CDATA[The chalice is ephemeral. Jesus' blood eternal. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44082<![CDATA[We do what we must, and call it by the best names. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44083<![CDATA[Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44071<![CDATA[If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44072<![CDATA[Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44073<![CDATA[Necessity dispenseth with decorum. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44075<![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44076<![CDATA[Necessity--thou best of peacemakers, As well as surest prompter of invention. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44061<![CDATA[It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity. [Lat., Malum est necessitati ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44062<![CDATA[Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44063<![CDATA[Now we sit close about this taper here And call in question our necessities. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44064<![CDATA[No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose To wage against the emnity o' th' air, To be a ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44065<![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44066<![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44067<![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44068<![CDATA[It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44069<![CDATA[He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44056<![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057<![CDATA[Necessity makes even the timid brave. [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44058<![CDATA[Stern is the visage of necessity. [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44059<![CDATA[It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and happy. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44060<![CDATA[Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires. [Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44051<![CDATA[So spake the Fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44052<![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44053<![CDATA[My steps have pressed the flowers, That to the Muses' bowers The eternal dews of Helicon have given: ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44054<![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44055<![CDATA[Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44043<![CDATA[It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44044<![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045<![CDATA[The graveyards are full of indispensable men. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44046<![CDATA[Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44047<![CDATA[To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity). [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44048<![CDATA[Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest. [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44049<![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050<![CDATA[Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44032<![CDATA[Necessity never made a good bargain ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44033<![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44034<![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of "taking chances" ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44035<![CDATA[Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44036<![CDATA[Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44037<![CDATA[Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44038<![CDATA[Necessity is the author of change ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44039<![CDATA[Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44040<![CDATA[Necessity is stronger far than art. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44041