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Quote by Edward Gibbon
I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. - Edward Gibbon

I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. – Edward Gibbon

Other quotes by Edward Gibbon

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters. – Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon
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Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. – William R. Alger

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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. – Pierre Corneille

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

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