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But at least we may look upon it with the respectful pity which we entertain for Ben Jonson groaning in the midst of his literary honours under that dura rerum necessitas, which is rarely more a matter of indifference to poets than it is to other men.
Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880
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It took you a shitload of posts from the rest of us to actually produce your link. semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit
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Anselm makes a distinction between two kinds of necessity: there is preceding necessity (necessitas praecedens) and there is subsequent necessity (necessitas sequens).
Peter Damian Holopainen, Toivo J. 2008
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Under the Latin maxim necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit, the ordinary rule is that "the necessity of proof lies with he who complains."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Decernuntur furi gravia et horrenda supplicia, quum potius providendum multo foret ne fures sint, ne cuiquam tam dira furandi aut pereundi sit necessitas.
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Neutrius se fortunae extremum libenter experturam dixit: sed si necessitas alterius subinde imponeretur, optare se difficilem et adversam: quod in hac nulli unquam defuit solatium, in altera multis consilium, &c. Lod.
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Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere, necessitas nulla est.
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A citizen of Bizance in France had a filthy, dowdy, deformed slut to his wife, and finding her in bed with another man, cried out as one amazed; O miser! quae te necessitas huc adegit?
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Hierome holds, Uxor impudica servari non potest, pudica non debet, infida custos castitatis est necessitas, to what end is all your custody?
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Grave nihil est homini quod fert necessitas, as [3568] Tully deems out of an old poet, that which is necessary cannot be grievous.
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