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The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
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.]
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
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.]
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]
