Quotes About Consequence

There was even a scrap of poetry he treasured which stated that a moving finger having once written could never be lured back to unwrite.

He had gained it originally by virtue of his position at the head of the Kalganian navy, and through a lamentable lack of caution on the part of the previous lord.

Cada pieza tiene una razón de ser tal como es. [...] La memoria es frágil y el transcurso de una vida es muy breve y sucede todo tan deprisa, que no alcanzamos a ver la relación entre los acontecimientos, no podemos medir la consecuencia de los actos, creemos en la ficción del tiempo, en el presente, el pasado y el futuro, pero puede ser también que todo ocurre simultáneamente.

Escribo, ella escribió, que la memoria es frágil y el transcurso de una vida es muy breve y sucede todo tan deprisa, que no alcanzamos a ver la relación entre los acontecimientos, no podemos medir la consecuencia de los actos, creemos en la ficción del tiempo, en el presente, el pasado y el futuro

nada enfría tanto como la amenaza de un embarazo inoportuno.

Psst! Father Restrepo! If that story about hell is a lie, we're all fucked, aren't we. . . .

le pareció que el gusto que se daba y que se daría en el futuro bien valía el riesgo del infierno

cayó la ceniza como coronación del castigo

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

In 'Condition Zero,' failure has greater consequences and success offers greater rewards.

Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.

What's done can't be undone.

Remorse begets reform.

How often the fear of one evil leads into a worse.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

He that believeth not shall be damned.

Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underuse of a good mind.

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.

All will come out in the washing.

Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge, we must settle things by the sword.

Life is the acceptance of responsibilities, or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations, or avoiding them.

He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain, Can never rise to fight again.