Famous quotes containing the word obliged:
““Of course we all know that you are a gentleman.”
“I am much obliged to you; but I do not know any word that requires a definition so much as that.””
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“The situation is that of him who is helpless, cannot act, in the event cannot paint, since he is obliged to paint. The act is of him who, helpless, unable to act, acts, in the event paints, since he is obliged to paint.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.”
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834)
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