Deeds Quotes
1458 Deeds quotes by 870 unique authors
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And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.
— Elie Wiesel
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Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.
— William Shakespeare
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I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught…
— William Shakespeare
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He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony;…
— William Shakespeare
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Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
— Homer
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Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts. Only a few were irrational assumptions; but, unfortunately, they were the ones which…
— Thomas Hardy
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Blot your misdeeds out (if you are particularly conscientious), by a good deed, as soon as you can; just as we did a correct sum…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less…
— Hermann Hesse
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This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are…
— Winston Churchill
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Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only…
— Deborah Harkness
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I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the world is renewed. Since I leave now all gold and…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like…
— Alexandre Dumas
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A woman’s magazine quiz: Question: You decide to do the dread deed and just as things are starting to get hot he comes, rolls over,…
— Christopher Moore
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Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
— Henrik Ibsen
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i have found what you are like the rain (Who feathers frightened fields with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields easily the pale club of the wind…
— E E Cummings
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Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty…
— Helen Keller
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People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step…
— Dorothy Day
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I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said "Go…
— Joni Mitchell
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I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not…
— Jose Rizal
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I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the end,…
— Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good…
— Dale Carnegie
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You never want to look in a mirror," Lula said. "Men love mirrors. They look at themselves doing the deed and they see Rex the…
— Janet Evanovich
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