Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.
Aneurin Bevan
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.
Robert Fulghum
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.
Wilhelm Canaris
The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.
Benjamin Cardozo
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Thomas Carlyle
I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music.
Nick Cave
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
Iris Chang
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
William Ellery Channing
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero