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| English | Russian |
| duty before friendship | дружба дружбой, а служба службой |
| duty comes before pleasure | делу время, потехе час (Those opposing the rule jocularly remark, "Duty comes before pleasure, but only in the dictionary." VLZ_58) |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье – поел да в закут (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |