#obey

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. ↗

— Xun Zi

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I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#classroom #disobey #get #grades #had

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. ↗

— Albert Camus

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In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

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Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

#country #die #doing #go #know

I would not like a king who could obey. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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