“When one must, one can.”
About This Quote
Another translation of this quote might read: "Necessity knows no law." In other words, the meaning of this quote is that when you are forced into a difficult situation, you can accomplish anything. The necessity of an action, the true desire that something must happen allows you to make it happen.
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