Duty

Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Duty

"There is no moment without some duty."

Moments Duty

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher

Duty

"The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude."

Men Duty Vocation

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician

Duty

"Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty."

Men Duty Extremes

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Thomas Carlyle Essayist, Historian, Novelist

Duty

"The first duty of man is that of subduing fear."

Men Firsts Duty

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Thomas Carlyle Essayist, Historian, Novelist

Duty

"The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it."

World Duty This World

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Franz Kafka Writer

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"This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer."

Ifs Health Duty

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer

Duty

"Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known."

Should Have Duty Known

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Mencius Philosopher

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"Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others."

Responsibility Roots Duty

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Louisa May Alcott Novelist, Poet

Duty

"…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties."

Rights Half Duty

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Barack Obama Politician

Duty

"Your ability to let go is part of the duty that you have."

Letting Go Ability Duty

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Brigham Young Religious Leader

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"My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind."

Lord Duty Mankind

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian

Duty

"The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities."

Character Firsts Duty

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author

Duty

"We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either."

Duty Inaugural Shirk

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Theodore Parker Transcendentalist, Minister

Duty

"Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain."

Gains Duty

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader

Duty

"Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights."

Rights Flow Duty

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Marcel Proust Novelist

Duty

"The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter."

Tasks Duty Interpreter

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Duty

"There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness."

Kindness Duty

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Geoffrey Hill Poet

Duty

"Public toilets have a duty to be accessible, poetry does not."

Doe Duty Toilets

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher

Duty

"In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom"

Individual Duty Acquire

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Duty

"Do the duty which lies nearest to thee."

Lying Duty Thee

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