The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another.
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But Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly--something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates.
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Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.
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A maggot must be born i the rotten cheese to like it.
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