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Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Now we sit close about this taper here
And call in question our necessities.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the read more
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
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.]
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.
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like read more
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger;
And danger, like an ague, subtly taints
Even then when we sit idly in the sun.
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.]
Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
[Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
Sortitur insignes et imos.]
Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
[Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
Sortitur insignes et imos.]