Quote by Thomas Carlyle
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. – Thomas Carlyle

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Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. – Thomas Carlyle

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Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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The reward of ones duty is the power to fulfill another. – George Eliot

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Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the hearts sanctuary. – Augusta Jane Evans

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