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Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
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.
'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.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
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.]
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
