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title: "3 Duty Want Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-perfect-man-would-never-act-from-a-sense-of-duty-he-d-always-want/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/c-s-lewis-2-132_crutches_a-perfect-man-would-never-act-from-a-sen_1331486.jpg)

> [Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we-want-to-know-what-is-our/)

[Henry Clay Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay-trumbull/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/henry-clay-trumbull-23925_attention_attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we_1521654.png)

> [Your first duty is to be yourself. You can't always get what you want, but if you try you just might get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernajoy-vaal/your-first-duty-is-to-be-yourself-you-can-t-always-get-what-you-want/)

[Bernajoy Vaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernajoy-vaal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/bernajoy-vaal-524_be-yourself_your-first-duty-is-to-be-yourself-you-ca_3109907.jpg)

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