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It Is Better To Do Thine Own Duty, However Lacking In Merit, Than To Do That Of Another, Even Though Efficiently.
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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit,
than to do that of another, even though efficiently.
It is better to die doing one's own duty,
for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.
-- Bhagavad Gita (c. B.C. 400)
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Dungeon expects every monster to do his duty.
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Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries, but it appears to have been imperfectly expounded....
So do the noble fall. For they are ever caught in a trap of their own making.
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Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
-- Mark Twai...
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As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money.
What's important is that you continue to do so. -- Hunter S....
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong
he may still properly have other concerns to engage him...
Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language.
You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less....