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QuoteWorld :: Duty :: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson in Duty category:
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"What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it." 4.6471 average rating  
"The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed; there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,-all duties even." 4.6667 average rating