Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

'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.

Deeds, not words.

Deeds, not words.

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.

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.

For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
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For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
Of deeds, not words.

So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
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So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
Matter for virtuous Deedes, by which wee live.

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.]

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.]