It Is Better To Do Thine Own Duty, However Lacking In Merit, Than To Do That Of Another, Even Though Efficiently.

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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit,
than to do that of another, even though efficiently.
It is better to die doing one's own duty,
for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.
-- Bhagavad Gita (c. B.C. 400)

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