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    And, may I say to thee, this pride of hers,
    Upon advice, hath drawn my love from her;
    And, where I thought the remnant of mine age
    Should have been cherished by her childlike duty,
    I now am full resolved to take a wife
    And turn her out to who will take her in.

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Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.

by William Wordsworth 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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Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so read more

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.

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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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What is possible is our highest duty.

What is possible is our highest duty.

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Where there are no rights, there are no duties.

Where there are no rights, there are no duties.

by Henri Benjamin Rebecque 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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Then on! then on! where duty leads,
My course be onward still.

Then on! then on! where duty leads,
My course be onward still.

by Bishop Reginald Heber Found in: Duty Quotes,
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Duty Quotes,
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