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

To do one's duty because one expects to reap advantage is not to have done one's duty.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

Dear boy, you know how few palpable results, naturally, an officer can show in time of peace; but still it's too much that one should do one's duty with no possible chance of any kudos.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

It's easy to do one's duty when one doesn't care.

From Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

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