Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Need is the driving force, Need makes people better — luck only makes them worse.
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.
Only useless things are indispensable.
The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.
The superfluous is very necessary.
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
What one has to do usually can be done.
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