Necessity - Quotes

Necessity dispenseth with decorum. - Thomas Carlyle

Necessity does the work of courage. - George Eliot

Necessity has a way of obliterating from our conduct various delicate scruples regarding honour and pride. - William Faulkner

Necessity inspires the fatal thought. - Vittorio Alfeieri

Necessity is the mistress and guardian of Nature. - Leonardo da Vinci

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. - Mark Twain

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 knows no law. - Unknown

Necessity makes an honest man a knave. - Daniel Defoe

Necessity makes even the timid brave. - Sallust

Necessity never made a good bargain. - Benjamin Franklin

Necessity often has a brow of despair. - Edward Counsel

Necessity teaches wisdom, while prosperity makes fools. - Wellins Calcott

Necessity, the mother of invention. - George Farquhar

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. - Euripides

Our necessities never equal our wants. - Benjamin Franklin