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.]

Deeds, not words.

Deeds, not words.

'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 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.

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.

For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
Of read more

For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
Of deeds, not words.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.