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“There's beggary in the love that can be reckon'd.” William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra” - 1623

“Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.” H. G. Wells, “The Time Machine” - 1895

“Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.” Warren Buffett, “The Essays of Warren Buffett” - 1997

“All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.” Emma Goldman, “Anarchism and Other Essays” - 1910

“The art of our necessities is strange, that can make vile things precious.” William Shakespeare, “King Lear” - 1623

“What need the bridge much broader than the flood? The fairest grant is the necessity.” William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing” - 1600

“The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.” Theodore Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography” - 1913

“Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.” Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” - 1791

“I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” - 1868

“I saw now that a man alone is but a being that may become a man—that he is but a need, and therefore a possibility.” George MacDonald, “Lilith” - 1895

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he—for some reason— thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” Andy Warhol, “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol” - 1975

“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

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