Quotes About Consequences

Just as water, which carries a boat from bank to bank, may also be the means of sinking it, so reliance on spies, while production of great results, is oft-times the cause of utter destruction

He who does not know theevilsof war cannot appreciate its benefits

Excessive rewards are the mark of desperation, while the excessive punishments are the mark of debility.

When troops flee, are insubordinate, distressed, collapse in disorder or are routed, it is the fault of the general. None of these disasters can be attributed to natural causes.

Las armas son instrumentos de mala suerte; emplearlas por mucho tiempo producirá calamidades.

A wise leader always considers about gains and damages in his decisions.

Without a full understanding of the harm caused by war, it is impossible to understand the most profitable way of conducting it

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

Las armas son instrumentos de mal augurio y la guerra es un asunto peligroso. Es indispensable impedir una derrota desastrosa y, por lo tanto, no vale la pena movilizar un ejército por razones insignificantes: Las armas sólo deben utilizarse cuando no existe otro remedio.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences...

I know I ate at least four cookies, which probably guarantees me a first-class ticket to hell for gluttony.

At lunch he invariably downed a bottle of champagne, or brandy if he was in a different mood, and by afternoon he was almost invariably drunk.

stolen property vanishes because somebody has taken it; that a murdered man dies because somebody has killed him.

If their children misbehave, they'll take away privileges, but they won't assault their dignity or value.

We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can't live with guilt for the whole of our lives..

Love is very real and it's dangerous. People do crazy things in the name of love. Bad things. Love is powerful and shouldn't be played with.

Is it safe for me to go exploring?" she asked. "You're not likely to be attacked by raccoons, but you'll probably get lost, fall down a ravine, break your leg and starve to death. But if the watch is that important to you, have at it.

Unfortunately, you're going to have to face the consequences of what happened. Your friends got you into trouble, and you're going to have to pay the price for that. You knew it was wrong to take the clothes, but you did it, anyway." She

Freedom cannot simply mean doing whatever strikes you at the moment: that way you're a slave to any whim or passing fancy. Real freedom involves control over your life as a whole, learning to make plans and promises and decisions, to take responsibility for your actions' consequences.

Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.

I'm now writing out of rage — and I feel a kind of Nietzschean elation. It's tonic. I roar with laughter. I want to denounce everybody, tell everybody off. I go to my typewriter as I might go to my machine gun. But I'm safe. I don't have to face the consequences of 'real' aggressivity. I'm sending out colis piégés ['booby-trapped packages'] to the world.

This was the House that Jack Built, she thought, hearing the singsong rhythm of the old children's story in her head. And this was the wife who lived in the house that Jack built. And there was the mistress that screwed the husband that ignored the wife who lived in the house that Jack built....

I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it.

Mr. Lascelles whispered to Mr. Drawlight that he had not realized before that doing kind actions would lead to his being addressed in familiar terms by so many low people - it was most unpleasant - he would take care to do no more.