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That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
Power of action; agency; efficiency.
Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
Performance; -- followed by of.
To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
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Deed Quotations
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
William Shakespeare
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
William Shakespeare
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
William Shakespeare
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
Mahatma Gandhi
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Vincent Van Gogh
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
George Eliot
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T. S. Eliot
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
Amelia Earhart
Deed Translations
deed in French is fait
deed in German is Tat, Urkunde
deed in Italian is documento
deed in Latin is factum
deed in Norwegian is gjerning
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