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Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.

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Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.

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Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

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'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.

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Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.

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Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.

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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Zachary Taylor 12th U.S. President

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

Abigail Adams Former First Lady Of The United States

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.

Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

Alan Bennett Playwright

It is our duty to make a leap into the future, and I believe that we will make it.

Alexis Tsipras Greek Politician

If we learn more than the doctor in areas of value to our health, it is our duty to apply this knowledge to the betterment of ourselves and our families.

Andrew Saul Businessman

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