The attempt and not the deed confounds us. (Macbeth)
Deeds Quotes
Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to […]
If to do were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages prince’s palaces. (The Merchant of Venice)
His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.
One good deed, dying tongueless, slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. (The Winter’s Tale)
A noble deed is a step toward God.
Tis strange what a man may do and a woman yet think him an angel.
A good lather is half the shave.
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning.
