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    It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

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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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If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to
prevent it, it is read more

If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to
prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and to damn the
consequences.

by Lord Milner Found in: Duty Quotes,
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Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

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

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

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There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes read more

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 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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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Duty Quotes,
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