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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer

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Necessity has no law. – Oliver Cromwell

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Foul water will quench fire. – English Proverb

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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. – Benjamin Franklin

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