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Letter "O" » obligations
«There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights»
«It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.»
«The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.»
«There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.]»
«Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort»
Author: Humphrey Davy
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«I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our lives-before the obligations start in.»
«Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent»
«In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else, a wife submits to stricter obligations. For the former, her father's house is a home of freedom and pleasure; for the latter, her husband's is almost a cloister.»
«In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor - the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others - the neighbor who respects his obligations and respect»
«Surrender unto Me, giving up all the other duties and obligations. I shall liberate you from all sin; do not grieve.»