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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.
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.]
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.
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.
"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?"
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
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.]
