necessity knows no law
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English
[edit]Proverb
[edit]- A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.
- necessity knows no law, there is no pity and no mercy in war
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- "Necessity knows no law."
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed
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