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    We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men

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Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git
By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit;
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Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git
By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit;
For the day never comes when it'll du
To kick off dooty like a worn-out shoe.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Duty Quotes,
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True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the read more

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient

by Seneca Found in: Duty Quotes,
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When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

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It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children

by African Proverb Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.

Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Duty Quotes,
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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Duty Quotes,
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In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive
duty.

In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive
duty.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove.

Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

by John Milton Found in: Duty Quotes,
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