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Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs
Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs
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.]
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.
It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
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.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call read more
They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed.