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Duty Quotes - Page 10

I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.

I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.

"A Doll's House". Play by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer, Act III, 1879.

Perish discretion, when it interferes With duty!

"Miscellaneous Works: Tragedies. Miscellaneous poems. Hymns and ballads. Sacred Dramas. Coelebs. Practical piety. Moriana".

Man cannot choose his duties.

George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.157

In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1958). “Philosophy of right”

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Ellen Key (1911). “The Morality of Woman: And Other Essays”

Must's a schoolroom in the month of may

E. E. Cummings (1959). “100 Selected Poems”, p.97, Grove Press

Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.

Andrew Johnson (1866). “Life and Times of A. Johnson ... Written from a national stand-point. By a National Man”, p.165

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

"60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

Samuel Smiles (1881). “Duty, with Illustrations of Courage, Patience, and Endurance”

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.

Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.36