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“So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this night, that if, during the almost forty years that I have had the honour of a seat in parliament, I had been so fortunate as to accomplish that, and that only, I should think I had done enough, and could retire from public life with comfort, and the conscious satisfaction, that I had done my duty.”

Source: The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons

“Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.”

Trouble Duty Comfort Infinite Motive Smallest Never Fear

Book:The Joy of Preaching

Source: The Joy of Preaching

“The repose necessary to all beauty is repose, not of inanition, nor of luxury, nor of irresolution, but the repose of magnificent energy and being; in action, the calmness of trust and determination; in rest, the consciousness of duty accomplished and of victory won; and this repose and this felicity can take place as well in the midst of trial and tempest, as beside the waters of comfort.”

Wells Action Energy Water Consciousness Duty Victory Comfort Determination Trials Luxury Accomplished Midst Magnificent Calmness Repose Tempest Felicity

Book:Modern Painters

Source: Modern Painters

“At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.”

Humans Heart Moments Seems Sides Moral Duty Comfort Command Narrative Human Life Significance Yield Cosmic Bargains Inconvenient

Author:Gary Hamel

“For me, haute couture is a necessity. I never would have done this job were it not for haute couture. It is a comfort, a security. I almost feel it is our duty to continue. Haute couture is France. We have to keep all the skills and craftmanship alive.”

Feels Done Jobs Alive Security Duty Comfort Skills France Couture Haute Couture

Author:Christian Lacroix

“At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.”

Want Feels I Can Animal Position Duty Comfort Training Bounds Luxury Neglect Respectability Caged Caged Animal

Book:The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892

Source: The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892