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title: "3 Asking Ought Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Other response, he said, I make thee not, Except the doing; for the modest asking Ought to be followed by the deed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/other-response-he-said-i-make-thee-not-except-the-doing-for-the/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

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> [You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-brust/you-have-been-asking-what-you-could-do-in-the-great-events-that-are/)

[Steven Brust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-brust/)

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> [Asking 'who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/asking-who-ought-to-be-the-boss-is-like-asking-who-ought-to-be-the/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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