Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.

Jane Austen

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An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

Immanuel Kant

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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

G.K. Chesterton

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If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable. One would say that it punishes you for comprehending it; but no, it rewards you for it; for it puts you into a hell where you feel God at your side.

Victor Hugo

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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.

Bertrand Russell

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Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.

Tryon Edwards

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Every duty that is bidden to wait comes back with seven fresh duties at its back.

Charles Kingsley

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Duty is what one expects from others.

Oscar Wilde

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One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

Helen Keller

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The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don't back out of a contract merely because you've changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you're being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job.

Pat Barker

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