Obligation Quotes
These are some of the best 'Obligation' quotations and sayings.
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An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation, is a sort of ingratitude.
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In some there is a kind of graceless modesty that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one.
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It is safer to affront some people than to oblige them; for the better a man deserves, the worse they will speak of him; as if the professing of open hatred to their benefactors were an argument that they lie under no obligation to him.
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It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.
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Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
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Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful.
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To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. - To receive favors from the unworthy is to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride.
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To owe an obligation to a worthy friend, is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.
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We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those who have obliged us.
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What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.
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