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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.

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Thy sum of duty let two words contain,
(O may they graven in thy heart remain!)
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Thy sum of duty let two words contain,
(O may they graven in thy heart remain!)
Be humble and be just.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Duty Quotes,
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We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent read more

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

by George Orwell 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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The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless
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The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless
Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Duty Quotes,
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The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

by George Eliot Found in: Duty Quotes,
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I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty:--
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I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty:--
Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?

by Ellen Sturgis Hooper Found in: Duty Quotes,
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If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

by Unknown Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.

Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.

by John Dryden Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need;
For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need;
For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

by John Dryden Found in: Duty Quotes,
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