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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
[Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
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.
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
[It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
[It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is stronger far than art.
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
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.