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An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en read more
An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et le bienfait s'escrit en
l'onde.]
We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do
good, good will be done read more
We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do
good, good will be done to you; but if you do evil, the same will
be measured back to you again.
"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
"I walked with the beggar along the road,
I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
I bore my half of the porter's load.
And what did you do," my Lord will say,
"As you traveled along the King's highway?"
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.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
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His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.
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.]
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.