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We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude. — Alexandre Dumas

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least. — Wendy Kaminer

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me. — Richard Steele

Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience. — Guy De Rothschild

You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. — James Madison

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work. — Wanda Landowska

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not. — Abraham Lincoln

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige. — Rainn Wilson

One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself. — Jean De La Fontaine

If you're in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent. — Warren Buffett

When the President asks you to do something, you'd be surprised how keen you are to oblige, Syme said. — Matthew Reilly

Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history. — James Joyce

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. — Voltaire

I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me." "Always happy to oblige. — Ilona Andrews

No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.] — George Herbert

Service, which is nothing other than a modern echo of noblesse oblige, and generally undertaken in the same spirit of benign condescension. — William Deresiewicz

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead. — Gwendolyn Brooks

And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first! — Susan Kay

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. — Abraham Lincoln

To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself. — Anthony Trollope

If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige. — Debbie Ford

It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred. — Seneca The Younger

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense. — Tacitus

The only thing sadder than hateful people's willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige. — Steve Maraboli

Lady, right now you could tell me to throw myself under a bus to make you happy, and I'd oblige you. (Xypher) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Each human being has his own sexual profile, and should exercise it without guilt - provided he does not oblige others to exercise it with him. — Paulo Coelho

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility."
"Are you screwin' with me, man?" Taylor asked bluntly. — David Estes

Every Christian leader is oblige to teach their members how to discover their territory and cultivate their land. — Sunday Adelaja

As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me? — Thomas Gray

Knowing to do the right thing, but playing stupid to oblige to it, is still lying. — Anthony Liccione

Where the establishment emphasized humility, prudence, lineage, meritocracy celebrates ambition, achievement, brains&self-betterment — Christopher Hayes

When you 'oblige' someone, things will happen according to your wishes, and if you harm someone, things will happen against your wishes. — Dada Bhagwan

It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel. — Philip James Bailey

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You don't want it, but the destiny oblige it — Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Great power involves great responsibility — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Global Financial Crisis (2008-?); it is not a matter of noblesse oblige as of vitesse oblige. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live. — Alexander Pope

It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life. — Baron De Montesquieu

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. — Baltasar Gracian

To deschool means to abolish the power of one person to oblige another. — Ivan Illich