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Thare iz no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies hiz plase iz quickly filled, and he iz soon forgotten.[There is no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies his place is quickly filled, and he is soon forgotten.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)
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Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 "Variety: Bred and Butter" (1874) - Billings, Josh | WIST Quotations
Thare iz no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies hiz plase iz quickly filled, and he iz soon forgotten. [There is no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies his place is quickly filled, and he is soon forgotten.] See Hubbard…
MENELAUS: But so it has to be.
For the saying is not mine, but it was wisely said,
that nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
[ΜΕΝΕΛΈΩΣ: ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει.
λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος,
δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον.]
For the saying is not mine, but it was wisely said,
that nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
[ΜΕΝΕΛΈΩΣ: ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει.
λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος,
δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 512ff (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]
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It is dangerous to attack a man whom you have deprived of every means of escape except by fighting, for necessity is a violent schoolmistress.
[Il fait dangereux assaillir un homme, à qui vous avez osté tout autre moyen d’eschapper que par les armes : car c’est une violente maistresse d’escole que la necessité.]
[Il fait dangereux assaillir un homme, à qui vous avez osté tout autre moyen d’eschapper que par les armes : car c’est une violente maistresse d’escole que la necessité.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (1572), “Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment [De l’incertitude de nostre jugement],” Essays, Book 1, ch. 47 (1.47) (1595) [tr. Cohen (1958)]
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YEVGRAF: I told myself it was beneath my dignity to arrest a man for pilfering firewood. But nothing ordered by the Party is beneath the dignity of any man. And the Party was right: one man desperate for a bit of fuel is pathetic; five million people desperate for fuel will destroy a city.
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
Doctor Zhivago, film (1965)
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tanz.danceThe ongoing attempt to understand the function of #dance and #culture. Is it, as in #Ukraine, more about #necessity than entertainment? On tanz.dance, Polina Bulat provides the answer: https://tanz.dance/in-war/?lang=en Maciel Kuzminski's ‘Élán’, in Leiden, Theater Ins Blau, 5 June
Sean Eric FaganVery large cached US Kindle giveaway on bksy: 8 copies each of @Bluejo's Thessaly trilogy -- The Just City, Necessity, and The Philosopher Kings -- over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lndsdvbhck22
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Keep Data PrivateYour #data is your digital #identity - protect it like your life depends on it... because in some cases, your life may literally depend on it.
With breaches - and police searches of social media - happening daily, it’s not paranoia; it’s #precaution
Encrypt, use fake data, stay anonymous as much as possible, and question who you share with. #Privacy isn’t just a right; it’s a #necessity
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You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.
Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter, who also wrote under the names John Redfern, Jolyon Carr, Peter Benedict]
Brother Cadfael’s Penance, ch. 16 (1994)
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