NECESSITY
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Flying for life, one does not stickle about the vehicle.—CARLYLE, The French Revolution
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One of his [Pittacus] sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity."—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, Pittacus
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Necessity can set me helpless on my back, but she cannot keep me
there; nor can f our walls limit my vision.—MICHAEL FAIRLESS, The Roadmender
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Necessity, the mother of invention.—GEORGE FARQUHAR, The Twin Rivals
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And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilish deeds.—MILTON, Paradise Lost
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Where necessity pinches, boldness is prudence.—Proverb
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Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.—Proverb
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It is a fair degree of plenty to have what is necessary.—Proverb
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A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
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He that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.—SHAKESPEARE, King John
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Necessity's sharp pinch!—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
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As if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion.—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
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To make a virtue of necessity.—SHAKESPEARE, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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In the ills of men
There is none sorer than Necessity.—SOPHOCLES, Ajax
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Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs.—E. F. WARE, The Washerwoman's Song
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Who, doomed to go in company with Pain,
And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.—WORDSWORTH, Character of the Happy Warrior
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