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Letter "O" » oblige
«There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.]»
«It is no surprise that when today's affluent young professionals return to church, they want to do it only on their own terms - what's amazing is how far the churches are going to oblige»
«If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens little if at all inferior to them in discipline and»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
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Lawyer,
Secretary,
Soldier,
Statesman,
Thinker)
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About:
Circumstances,
Government
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Keywords:
Army of,
Body of,
formidable,
inferior,
liberties,
oblige
«A wild, wick slip she was - but, she had the bonniest eye and sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her.»
Author: Emily Bronte
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Author,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
be quiet,
bonniest,
bonny,
earnest,
keep quiet,
lightest,
oblige,
parish,
slip,
sweetest,
wick
«There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.»
Author: H. G. Wells
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Historian,
Journalist,
Novelist,
Sociologist)
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Keywords:
Bridges,
devices,
imperfection,
machinery,
oblige,
railway,
railways,
ugliness
«In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself»
«More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense»
«To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.»
«Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity»