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Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when read more
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.
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.]
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.
To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity).
[Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.]
To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity).
[Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.]
