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“A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.” — William Watson Purkey, What Students Say to Themselves

Author YahooeyPosted on January 21, 2023January 20, 2023Categories QuotationsTags duty, love, William Watson Purkey1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.” — George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra

Author YahooeyPosted on July 26, 2015July 5, 2015Categories QuotationsTags bureaucracy, Caesar and Cleopatra, duty, errors, George Bernard Shaw, shame1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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One knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do.“One knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do.” — Alexander McCall Smith, The Careful Use of Compliments

Author YahooeyPosted on August 24, 2014August 22, 2014Categories QuotationsTags Alexander McCall Smith, duty, The Careful Use of ComplimentsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.

“A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.” — Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

Author YahooeyPosted on December 2, 2012January 4, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Bertrand Russell, distasteful, duty, endure, liked, offensive, patience, personal relations, resignation, workLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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