Make a Virtue of Necessity
(To). See Chaucer's poem of
the Knightes Tale, line 3,044; also The Two Gentlemen of
Verona and Dryden's poem of Palamon and Arcite.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Make a Virtue of Necessity from Fact Monster:
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