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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.
 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
  Nor read more 
 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
  Of read more 
 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.]