Alphabetical Index of Topics

1. Necessity makes a honest man a kanve. - Daniel Defoe
2. Necessity never made a good bargain. - Benjamin Franklin
3. Necessity does the work of courage. - George Eliot
4. Necessity is the mother of taking chances. - Mark Twain
5. Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. - William Pitt
6. Not even the gods fight against necessity. - Simonides
7. Necessity delivers us from the embarrassment of choice. - Vauvenargues
8. Necessity knows no law but to prevail. - Publilius Syrus
9. Necessity makes even the timid brave. - Sallust
10. We give to necessity the praise of virtue. - Quintilian
11. Necessity has no law. - William Langland
12. We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. - J. M. Barrie
13. Necessity is often the spur to genius. - Balzac