do one's duty

Example Sentences

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"I felt it was my duty to come. I certainly felt it would be an unpleasant experience, but that's not a good enough reason not to do one's duty."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2013

“When one has boys, one must do one’s duty by them; but it was confoundedly hard, by Jove!”

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

V. be virtuous &c. adj.; practice virtue &c.n.; do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty; redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

In my mind it has always stood as characteristic of that wonderful national resolution to do one's duty, and to make the least possible fuss about it.

From My Home in the Field of Honor by Huard, Frances Wilson

To be worthy of happiness and to do one’s duty is one and the same thing.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul