Oblige Quotes
63 quotes by 56 authors
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According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them…
— Guy de Rothschild
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Let us keep the discoveries and indisputable measurements of physics. But ... A more complete study of the movements of the world will oblige us,…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.
— Abraham Lincoln
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
— Seneca the Younger
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Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the…
— Jacques Maritain
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The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.
— Wanda Landowska
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The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking,…
— Adam Smith
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Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige.
— Debbie Ford
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Muhammad brought down from heaven and put into the Koran not religious doctrines only, but political maxims, criminal and civil laws, and scientific theories. TheĆ…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Each human being has his own sexual profile, and should exercise it without guilt - provided he does not oblige others to exercise it with…
— Paulo Coelho
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Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human relations. It is life based…
— Errico Malatesta
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The question may seem embarrassing, but it can be answered in a few words. For two people to live in peace they must both want…
— Errico Malatesta
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The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to oblige children finally to accept the grading system as a…
— Jules Henry
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige…
— Seneca the Younger
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is…
— John Foxe
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The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the…
— Samuel Johnson
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He's got a rematch clause in his contract but I'm not sure if he's going to want to exercise that rematch but if he does,…
— Carl Froch
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential…
— Henry Knox
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