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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.]
Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
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.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
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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.
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.
'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.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
