St. Augustine’s Law to End All Laws
Necessity knows no law.
The thought seems to be proverbial. Prior to St. Augustine (354-430) it was expressed by Publilius Syrus (ca. 85-43 B.C.) one of whose maxims was “Necessity knows no law but to prevail.”
Later on - much later on as it happens - Oliver Cromwell said in a 1654 speech to Parliament: “Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities imaginary necessities . . . are the greatest cozenage [i.e. frauds deceptions] that men can put upon the Providence of God and make pretenses to break known rules by.”
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