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Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy read more
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy world an idler too!
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence read more
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
[Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
[Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]
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.
