Freedom is the truth of necessity.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Necessity is the mother of “taking chances.”
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.[Die Notwendigkeit ist kein Tatbestand, sondern eine Interpretation.]
Necessity has the face of a dog.[La necesidad tiene cara de perro.]
Necessity has a way of obliterating from our conduct various delicate scruples regarding honor and pride.
Iron necessity is a thing which has been found, in the course of history, to be neither iron nor necessary.[Die eherne Nothwendigkeit ist ein Ding, von dem die Menschen im Verlauf der Geschichte einsehen, dass es weder ehern noch nothwendig ist.]
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.[La civilisation ne recule jamais, et il semble qu’elle emprunte tous les droits à la nécessité.]
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.[La nécessité est, d’ailleurs, de tous les maîtres, celui qu’on écoute le plus et qui enseigne le mieux.]
