"I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me."
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"Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed."
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"But the good deed, through the ages Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust."
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"Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding."
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"If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word."
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"You must take the will for the deed."
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"O for ten years, that I may overwhelm / Myself in poesy; so I may do the deed / That my own soul has to itself decreed."
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"Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift."
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"Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn."
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"Man is remembered by his deeds."
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"Words are but holy as the deeds they cover."
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"Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness."
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"Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear."
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"Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought."
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"Word is a shadow of a deed."
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"If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished."
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"For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it."
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"When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at the latter like a trout to a fly. But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are."
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"Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff."
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"Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities."
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