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Nearly every complex solution to a programming problem that I
have looked at carefully has turned out to be wrong.
                -- Brent Welch

Necessity has no law.
                -- St. Augustine

Necessity hath no law.
                -- Oliver Cromwell

Necessity is a mother.

"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb.  "Necessity
is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth.
                -- Alfred North Whitehead

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
                -- William Pitt, 1783

Neckties strangle clear thinking.
                -- Lin Yutang

Needs are a function of what other people have.

Negative expectations yield negative results.
Positive expectations yield negative results.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
                -- Napoleon