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Who doth right deeds
Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.
Who doth right deeds
Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.
Anything done for another is done for oneself.
[Lat., Qui facit per alium facit per se.]
Anything done for another is done for oneself.
[Lat., Qui facit per alium facit per se.]
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which read more
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
And what we have been makes us what we are.
Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
And what we have been makes us what we are.
