Necessity.
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1. A man driven by distress does as much as
thirty. Sp.
2. He knows not his own strength who hath not
met necessity. Benjonson.
3. Make a virtue of necessity.
Rabelais^ Chaucer^ Shaks,^ Dryden,
4. Necessity and opportunity may make a cow-
ard valiant.
5. Necessity becomes will. Ital,
6. Necessity breaks iron.
7. Necessity dispenses with decorum.
8. Necessity has sharp teeth.
9. Necessity has a greater power than duty.
Seneca,
10. Necessity hath no law.
11. Necessity the mother of invention.
12. Necessity, thou mother of the world. Shelley,
13. Necessity is a bitter herb. Ger,
14. Necessity is a disagreeable guest. Ger,

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15. Necessity is a good teacher. Ger.
16. Necessity is a hard master. Ger.
17. Necessity is a harsh nurse. Ger*
18. Necessity is a powerful weapon. Seneca.
19. Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
Uvy.
20. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Fr,^ Ger.^ Dutch.
21. Necessity makes war to be just. Bias.
22. Necessity never made a good bargain^
Franklin.
23. Necessity seeks bread where it is to be found.
Ger.
- 04. Necessity sharpens industry.
25. Necessity teaches all things. Ger.
26. Necessity teaches the lame to dance. Ger.
27. Necessity, the t}Tant*s plea. Milton.
28. Necessity unites hearts. Ger.
29. The art of our necessity is great that makes
vile things precious. Shaks.
30. The inventions of necessity are older than
those of pleasure. Cicero.
31. The necessities of things are sterner stuff than
the hopes of man. Bea.
32. There is no virtue like necessity. Shaks.
33. Where necessity pinches, boldness is pru-
dence.