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Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to
live in necessity.
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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 knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
