Necessity Quotes


Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. William Pitt Necessity 314
Necessity is the mother of invention is a silly proverb. Necessity is the mother of futile dodges is much nearer the truth. Alfred North Whitehead Necessity 179
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. Benjamin Franklin Necessity 171
Nature must obey necessity. Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Necessity 162
Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with everything that nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites. Samuel Johnson Necessity 127
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. Karl Marx Necessity 126
Necessity knows no law except to conquer. Publilius Syrus Necessity 120
Necessity does everything well. Ralph Waldo Emerson Necessity 120
Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain Necessity 116
Necessity has no law. Oliver Cromwell Necessity 106
Necessity has the face of a dog. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Necessity 102
Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust Necessity 97
Foul water will quench fire. English Proverbs Necessity 92
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides Necessity 84
Make yourself necessary to somebody. Ralph Waldo Emerson Necessity 82
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg Necessity 79
Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones. Arthur Schopenhauer Necessity 75
Need is the driving force, Need makes people better -- luck only makes them worse. Source Unknown Necessity 67
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain. Joseph De Maistre Necessity 66
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. Ralph Waldo Emerson Necessity 66
What one has to do usually can be done. Eleanor Roosevelt Necessity 58
Necessity is the author of change. Tim Hansel Necessity 56
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. Ralph Waldo Emerson Necessity 54
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. Johann von Goethe Necessity 53
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity. Theophile Gautier Necessity 53
Only useless things are indispensable. Francis Picabia Necessity 45
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. Elizabeth I Necessity 41
We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity. Albert Camus Necessity 39
Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness. Sir Terence Conran Necessity 39
The superfluous is very necessary. Voltaire (Fran Necessity 38
Plurality should not be posited without necessity. William Of Occam Necessity 37
Necessity is the mother of attraction. Luke Mckissack Necessity 37
Make yourself necessary to somebody. Ralph Waldo Emerson Necessity 33
Good writers are of necessity rare. George Henry Lewes Necessity 32

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