Thursday, 18 May 2017

Consequences Sayings and Quotes

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A guilty conscience needs no accuser.    

English Proverb>



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A horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail.    

Russian proverb (on conscience)



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A tree falls the way it leans.    

Walloon (on rewards and consequences)



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Bad gains are true losses.    

Ben Franklin (1706-1790)



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Conscience makes cowards of us all.    

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)



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Depend on others and you will go hungry.    

Nepalese (on self-reliance)



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Depend on your walking stick; not on other people.    

Japanese (on self-reliance)



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Empty sacks will never stand upright.    

Italian Proverb



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Everyone gets their just deserts.    

unknown



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He that goes aborrowing, goes asorrowing.    

R. Taverner (1545)



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He that lies down with the dogs riseth with fleas.    

George Herbert (1593-1633)



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Hurry is good only for catching flies.    

Russian (on the conduct of life)



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It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.    

John Heywood (c.1497-1580)



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Let the punishment fit the crime.    

W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911)



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Liars often set their own traps.    

Aesop (c.620-560 BC)



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Little leaks sink the ship.    

Ben Franklin (1706-1790)



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Medicine left in the container can't help.    

Yoruba (West African)



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Mess with the bull and one usually gets the horns.    

Latin American saying



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No sleep, no dreams.    

Korean (on rewards and consequences)



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One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.    

Aesop (c.620-560 BC)



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The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.    

unknown



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The eagle was killed with an arrow made with its own feathers.

Armenian (on paradox)



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The fat is in the fire.    

John Heywood (c.1497-1580)




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The frog enjoys itself in water but not in hot water.    

African proverb Wolof Tribe



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The proof is in the pudding.    

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)



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What breaks in a moment may take years to mend.    

Swedish Proverb



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What you give is what you get.

unknown



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You can't buy an inch of time with an inch of gold.    

Chinese (on time and timeliness)

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