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Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
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.]
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
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.]
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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.
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.]