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Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
Deeds are males, words females are.
Deeds are males, words females are.
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.]
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
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.
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.]
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.
