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Letter "D" » Duty
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«Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties»
«The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.»
Author: Alexis Carrel
| About:
Duty,
Society
| Keywords:
fulfilling, incapable, members, performing, The First Duty, transformed
«Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort»
Author: Humphrey Davy
| About:
Duty,
Kindness,
Life,
Obligation
| Keywords:
comfort, duties, habitually, kindnesses, made-up, obligations, preserve, sacrifices, secure, smiles
«Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see The curved line ever follow thee»
«Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam»
«No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.»
Author: Edwin Hubbel Chapin
(Author, Clergyman, Pastor, Speaker, Writer)
| About:
Conviction,
Duty
| Keywords:
entering, enter upon, urged
«Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.»
«Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future»
Author: John Ruskin
(Critic, Writer)
| About:
Duty,
Future,
Obligation,
Past,
Responsibility,
Time
| Keywords:
preserve
«Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.»
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