Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Karl Marx

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Mark Twain

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
Daniel Defoe

Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Sallust

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Roger von Oech

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
Samuel Richardson

Necessity never made a good bargain.
Benjamin Franklin

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Francis Quarles

Necessity, the mother of invention.
George Farquhar

Necessity... the mother of invention.
Plato

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.
Fredrik Bajer

New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend.
John Lawson

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.
Bernard Barton

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.
Louis L'Amour

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
Bruce Barton

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
Mary Wortley Montagu

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel.
Margaret Cavendish

Not even Ares battles against necessity.
Sophocles

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich Nietzsche