Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.
Samuel Johnson The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
Robert Louis Stevenson Simple Abundance
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I pride myself on my success in doing not the things I
William M. Evarts The Education of Henry Adams
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Where a man has once taken up his stand, either because it seems best to him or in obedience to his orders, there I believe he is bound to remain and face the danger, taking no account of death or anything else before dishonor.
Socrates The Last Days of Socrates
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Pleasure is the object, duty, and the goal of all rational creatures.
Voltaire The Book of Positive Quotations
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Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.
Albert Einstein The Quotable Einstein
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The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society--more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Treasury of Women's Quotations
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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
Tyron Edwards The Book of Positive Quotations
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Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.
John Sutherland Bonnell The Book of Positive Quotations
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