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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity is a violent school-mistress.
[Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]
Necessity is a violent school-mistress.
[Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
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 not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just read more
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or
whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know
it myself.