"A man of words and not of deeds……" — John Fletcher
"A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds And when the weeds begin to grow It's like a garden full of snow..."
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23 Quotes by John Fletcher
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Deeds, not words shall speak me.
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Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well; I see you have a singing face.
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Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose.
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Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
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Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal…
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That soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.
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O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
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Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we…
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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow.
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Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we…
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Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.
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Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.
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