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

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

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

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.]

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which read more

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

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.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

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.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

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.