Quotes About Consequences

We're not so naïve that we don't know your merchants are just outposts of your way of life. We know what follows them.

And even if you don't make a mistake, an opportunity will arise to blame you for something. Some misfortune, some disaster, some pestilence, perhaps a plague or an epidemic, will fall on humanity… Then your guilt will descend on you. You will not be blamed for having been unable to prevent the plague, but for being unable to remove its effects. You shall be to blame for everything. And then fires will be lit under stakes.

Evil is evil, Stregobor," said the witcher seriously as he got up. "Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit. I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all. Time for me to go. We'll see each other tomorrow.

Ignorance"—Regis smiled—"is no justification for ill-conceived actions. When one doesn't know or has doubts it's best to seek advice…

El asesinato es siempre asesinato, sin importar motivos ni circunstancias. Aquéllos que matan u organizan una muerte son criminales y asesinos, sin importar quiénes sean: reyes, príncipes, mariscales o jueces. Ninguno de aquéllos que planean o ejecutan violencia tiene derecho a considerarse mejor que un simple asesino. Porque toda violencia por su propia naturaleza conduce ineluctablemente al crimen.

You would do better not to attract attention, O poet. Your fiancee is here. There could be trouble.' 'Fiancee?' Dandilion blinked nervously. 'Which one do you mean? I have several.

Next time..." Geralt heard the clear whisper, "next time you feel like killing yourself, Witcher, don't drag other people into it. Just hang yourself in the stable from your reins.

And you wouldn't believe how easy it is, Geralt, to wound some rulers' pride. Rarely will any of them take words such as 'No,' 'I won't,' and 'Never' calmly. But that's nothing. Interrupt one of them or make inappropriate comments, and you'll condemn yourself to the wheel.

the more harm happens to idiots, the greater the benefits to the judicious.

Andrzej Sapkowski

Ho avuto paura. Sono stata vigliacca. E ho pagato per questo. Come paga ogni vigliacco. Col dolore, con la vergogna, con l'umiliazione ignobile. E un terribile disgusto di me stessa.

Tak tys vidÄ›l, co ta tvoje zr?da dokáže. VíÅ¡ ty ale, co dokážu já? Znám takové seknutí, po kterém zasaženému z?stane jedna líc a p?lka ?elisti. M?že to pÃ…â"¢ežít, jenže si pak už, mimo jiné, nezahraje na flétnu.

Evil is evil, Stregobor,' said the witcher seriously as he got up. 'Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I

L'ignoranza non costituisce una giustificazione per gli atti sconsiderati. Quando non si sa, quando si hanno dei dubbi, è bene chiedere consiglio.

It is easy to kill with a bow, girl. How easy it is to release the bowstring and think, it is not I, it is the arrow. The blood of that boy is not on my hands. The arrow killed him, not I. But the arrow does not dream anything in the night.

Kiedy siÄ™ robi rewolucjÄ™, to siÄ™ rozpierdala wszystko, nie oglÄ…dajÄ…c siÄ™ na konsekwencje.

our definition of wisdom? The ability to see into the future the consequences of your choices in the present.

Our tendency is to try something a few times, and if it works, it gets reinforced, and we continue to do it; if it doesn't work, we abandon it. In psychology this is called the law of effects—we tend to keep doing things we are rewarded for doing. The opposite, however, is also true: we tend to avoid what punishes us or gives us pain.

The ability to see into the future the consequences of your choices in the present.

The bottom line on the declaration, 'This is part of our culture,' is this: At its best, this is a choice made with little or no critical thinking about future results. At its worst, it is merely an excuse to do what one wants to do. It is selfish, leaderless, pack behavior with unconsidered consequences that ultimately destroy families, neighborhoods, cities, and before you know it, generations.

One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.

While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences.

If his iPhone rings, he could be fucked. We