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It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to
live in necessity.
[Lat., Malum read more
It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to
live in necessity.
[Lat., Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere
necessitas nulla est.]
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.
Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]
Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.