“ Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ”
- William Pitt- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ”
- Agatha Christie- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us to really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ”
- Charles Kingsley- Copy
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“ Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. ”
- Erich Fromm- Copy
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“ Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty. ”
- Simone Weil- Copy
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“ Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
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“ If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. ”
- David Rockefeller- Copy
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“ Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. ”
- Pliny the Elder- Copy
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“ Necessity is not an established fact, but rather an interpretation. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
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“ Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
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“ Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
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“ What must be, shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing. ”
- Marcus Annaeus Seneca- Copy
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“ To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness — though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. ”
- Julian Barnes- Copy
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“ The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. ”
- Frank Lloyd Wright- Copy
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“ Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on the move, and to know whither. ”
- D. H. Lawrence- Copy
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“ Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are, and not another. You are free to be that man, but not free to be another. ”
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. ”
- Og Mandino- Copy
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“ Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. ”
- Hannah Arendt- Copy
- 349
“ Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. ”
- Karl Marx- Copy
- 3.4K
“ The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. ”
- Niccolo Machiavelli- Copy
- 3.2K
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