Quotes by Obliged By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. Alexander Pope obliged flatterer flattery The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it. Andre Gide obliged truth-is knows I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth. Baron de Montesquieu obliged wander may I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding Beatrix Potter obliged pudding In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work. Carl Sagan obliged inquiry scientist One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one Dalton Trumbo advantages-and-disadvantages obliged disadvantages There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude. Daniel Dennett politeness obliged rude The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do. David Toop deeper-meaning obliged deeper The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there. Edouard Manet obliged charm country As a philosopher, I'm not obliged to explore every unknown wilderness. Harry Frankfurt obliged wilderness philosopher I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. Horace Walpole bad-company obliged has-beens Leadership is obliged to justify itself daily. Isabel Paterson obliged justify Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know. Jack Vance obliged knows It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most. James Cash Penney obliged giving people Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it. Jean de la Bruyere obliged duty grain Just as Freud couldn’t always be blamed for the Freudians, Bresson didn’t always feel obliged to behave like a Bressonian. Jonathan Rosenbaum obliged behave feels I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether. Leo Tolstoy renounce obliged violence The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark. Mahatma Gandhi obliged truth-is dark If you have a brain, you are obliged to use it. Meryl Streep obliged use brain Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge? Michel de Montaigne bounds obliged exceed 12»