Share this sentence
— Gertrude Atherton"To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn."
Related information
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and militates against women’s self development is self-sacrifice.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Next Quote
My only duty was to describe reality as it had come to me-to give the mundane its beautiful due.
— John Updike
Loading recommended content...