"I love him who scattereth golden words in advance of his deeds, and always doeth more than he promiseth: for he seeketh his own down-going."
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"There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom."
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"I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do — for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action."
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"Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten."
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"I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours."
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"The words you've bandied are sufficient; 'Tis deeds that I prefer to see. [Ger., Der Worte sind genug gewechselt, Lasst mich auch endlich Thaten sehn.]"
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"And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]"
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"There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder."
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"Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate and perpetuate war."
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"People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant... it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works."
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"It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence."
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"Deeds survive the doers."
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"I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them."
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