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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard. -- George Herbert
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more. -- John Dryden
Life obliges me to do something, so I paint. -- Rene Magritte
I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist. -- George Bernard Shaw
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement. -- Albert Camus
No mans error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. -- Thomas Hobbes
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. -- Thomas Hobbes
AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder. -- Susan Sontag
A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself. -- William Congreve
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. -- Martha Gellhorn
Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least. -- Wendy Kaminer
My religion enables me, obliges me to imbibe all that is good in all the great religions of the earth. -- Mahatma Gandhi
History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. -- Henry Adams
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute. -- Conrad Hilton
The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success. -- Edmund Burke
Action learning particularly obliges subjects to become aware of their own value systems, by demanding that the real problems tackled carry some risk of personal failure. -- Reg Revans
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations. -- Seneca the Younger
Globalization offers us enormous opportunities in the race to leapfrog in development processes. It also obliges us to set in motion processes which would minimize its risks. -- Manmohan Singh
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice. -- Horace
I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that prudence obliges us to examine quotations, by whomsoever alleged. -- Pierre Bayle
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it. -- John Locke
Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to. -- Paulo Coelho
Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to share with others what is best in us. -- Paulo Coelho
Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you can't even imagine in advance. -- Pablo Picasso
Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny. -- Elbridge Gerry
Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love. -- Ignatius of Loyola
The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation. -- Samuel Johnson

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