This is the Thing that I was born to do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

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.]

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.

Deeds are males, words females are.

Deeds are males, words females are.

We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do
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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.

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.

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.

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.

"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
"I walked with the beggar along the road,
I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
I bore my half of the porter's load.
And what did you do," my Lord will say,
"As you traveled along the King's highway?"