Necessity Never Makes Good Bargains

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The heart has its reasons which reason does not understand. – Blaise Pascal

That which is necessary is never a risk. – Paul de Gondi

The word ‘necessary’ seldom is. – Keith W. Hall

The man who wrestles with necessity, I esteem a fool. – Euripides

Necessity never made a good bargain. – Benjamin Franklin

Autoptic – adj. – pertaining to evidence based on observation. – Josefa Heifetz Byrne – Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary

The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. - Richard Schickel