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"Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed."
"In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain."
"Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words."
"Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men."
"Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden! Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward. Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded! Forth Eorlingas!"
"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
"A good deed never goes unpunished."
"The deed is everything, the glory is naught."
"... Our individual well-being is intimately connected both with that of all others and with the environment within which we live.... Our every action, our every deed, word, and thought, no matter how slight or inconsequential it may seem, has an implication not only for ourselves, but for all others, too."
"For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue."
"Unsung, the noblest deed will die."
"The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most."
"Deed done is well begun."
"A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds."
"Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable."
"Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us."
"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."
"Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled:—and now I like ye better!"
"If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie and once they begin to lie they will act wickedly without concern."
"Be noble in every thought And in every deed!"
