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• I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.
  Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, poor heart, unceasingly...
• The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
  -- Johann von Schille...
• The best things in life are duty free.
• I would dance for joy if there weren't people watching.
• Shall I sing you the Ode to Joy?
• If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician.
  I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music....
• I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
  -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Memoranda from his Life, by Moore, Chap, xiv...
• In effect, I am accusing you of gross pandering, a travesty punishable in some circles by public flogging with a SCSI-2WD cable.
  I assure you that should you be subjected to such censure, it would be my most pleasant duty (and, what's more, a special joy stemming from my supposed malicious upbringing) to implement the said censure....
• I think the first duty of society is justice. -- Alexander Hamilto