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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.]
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.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
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.]
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 hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
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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.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
