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Responsibility Quote by Seneca

“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” quote by Seneca — Download Open image

““This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that””

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“we perish because we follow other men's examples: we should be cured of this if we were to disengage ourselves from the herd;”

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Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

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I am a fighter and I am in that fight and I have to make sure that I share the responsibility with my players…

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I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers.

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I think accepting an instruction is part of a player's responsibility.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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