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Deeds are males, words females are.
Deeds are males, words females are.
'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.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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.]
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.
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.
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.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.