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Duty Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our…
- It is our first duty to serve society.
- Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a folio, or floating…
- He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction,…
- If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.
- That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to…
- Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the…
- There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work…
- The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something…
- Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly.
- To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when…
- To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.
- Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to…
- The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to hold out the light of reason, whatever it may discover;…
More Duty Quotes
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely,… — Charles Babbage
- Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss… — Charles Babbage
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in… — John Banville
- We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great… — Roy Barnes
- We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry
- An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. — Jacques Barzun
- The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams
- Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a… — Gary Bauer
- Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a… — Simone de Beauvoir