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Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.

Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel’s plea, ‘My forbears did the same.
– AlMaarri

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  2. Giving up isn’t a deed. It is ‘discontinuity’ of a deed. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  3. A good deed that follows upon another is the reward for the first one, and an evil deed that follows upon another is a punishment for the first one. – Junayd
  4. To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return. – Thiruvalluvar
  5. Fiction wouldn’t be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere. – Jasper Fforde
  6. The wise will hide your follies and help you learn, but the wicked ones will gossip about it with scoundrels. – Aniruddha Sastikar
  7. Honest men cannot be expected to anticipate the actions of scoundrels. – Mary Street
  8. Man is a logical machine run by the scoundrels of emotions. – Raheel Farooq
  9. Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution. – William Earl Maxwell
  10. Renounce poor work.Shun trivial work.Entertain respectable work.Welcome superior work.Honor transcendent work. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  11. When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. – Abu alAla alMaarri
  12. Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl – as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response. – Haruki Murakami
  13. Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power. – Billy Graham
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  15. A desperate plea to the Trinityis not something you can justapologize for in the morning-Drunk Dialing the Divine – Amber Koneval
  16. I wish I had heard him more clearly: an oblique confession is always a plea. – James Baldwin
  17. Faith never makes herself her own plea, she rests all her argument upon the blood of Christ. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  18. Good men’s actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel’s charityIs carefully planned to please. – Abu alAla alMaarri
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  24. There is no shame in losing to the sword of the Prince. There is only shame in choosing not to follow Him. – Chuck Black
  25. Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you. – Erica Goros
  26. Shame lies. All the time. About everything. Don’t believe your shame. – Scott Stabile
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  28. Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it. – John Grisham
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  32. When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed. – Thiruvalluvar
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  34. Every day is a dance deed. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  35. Every small good deed counts. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  36. Love is eternal, and growing with each breath, every kind thought, word and deed. – Theodore Volgoff
  37. We can good deed by God’s grace. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  38. Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. – Mahatma Gandhi
  39. The marvel of our Bible never shows more marvellous than at such times, when you see it in deed and in truth the Sword of the Spirit, and it cuts. – Amy Carmichael
  40. Islam teaches that one can only find peace in one’s life by submitting to Almighty God (Allah) in heart, soul and deed. – Raad

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