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)
But if, to be a man of business, it is not enough to do one's duty scrupulously, but the very heart must be in it, then is there something wrong with business.
From A Rough Shaking by MacDonald, George
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 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
