Sentence examples of "oblige" in English

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I was obliged to go out yesterday. J'ai été obligé de sortir, hier.
She was obliged to marry the old man. Elle fut obligée d'épouser le vieil homme.
Because of illness, he was obliged to give up smoking. À cause de sa maladie, il a été obligé d'arrêter de fumer.
I am obliged to leave early to catch my train. Je suis obligé de partir tôt pour prendre mon train.
I'd be much obliged if you could give me a lift into town. Je vous serais fort obligé si vous pouviez me conduire en ville.
Any act whatever of a man, which causes damage to another, obliges the one by whose fault it occurred to compensate it. Tout fait quelconque de l'homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer.
The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes. La loi contraint tous les citoyens à payer des impôts.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Si les hommes étaient des anges, aucun gouvernement ne serait nécessaire. Si des anges devaient gouverner les hommes, ni des contrôles internes ni externes sur le gouvernement ne seraient nécessaires. En élaborant un gouvernement des hommes par les hommes, la grande difficulté réside dans ceci : vous devez d'abord permettre au gouvernement de contrôler les gouvernés ; et en second lieu, le forcer à se contrôler lui-même.
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