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

It requires a bold heart to be ready to do one's duty, unmoved by the sneers of others.

From The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

To do one's duty sounds a rather cold and cheerless business, but somehow in the end it does give one a queer sort of satisfaction.

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

In this moment of exaltation, to return safely to base, simply to do one’s duty, seemed too little to these fearless men.

From The Literary World Seventh Reader by Metcalf, John Calvin

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