I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.

— William Shakespeare

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity.

— John Suckling

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

— John Knox

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at…

— Oscar Wilde

“The value of a sacrifice lies in its necessity.”

— Veronica Roth

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can…

— James F. Cooper

And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

— Lord Byron

Pardon is granted to necessity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the…

— Pope Gregory I

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are…

— William Petty

Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate. A plurality (of reasons) should not be posited without necessity.

— William of Ockham

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment…

— Salmon P. Chase

“We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires…

— Alain de Botton

pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.

— Jane Fonda

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of…

— Caroline Myss