#duty

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell. ↗

— Will Carleton

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

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The queen and I always got on well, still do; I uphold everything Her Majesty represents, has given up her life for. It's her duty. For her country, she's selfless to the grave. ↗

— Sarah Ferguson

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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. ↗

— Chanakya

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We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. ↗

— Asa Gray

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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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