The superfluous is very necessary

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.