Quotes About Consequence

those who live by the tort, die by the tort.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.

it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.

Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries; of more serious ones they cannot, therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.

From this one can derive a general rule which rarely, if ever, fails: that anyone who is the cause of another becoming powerful comes to ruin himself; because that power has been brought about by him either through cunning or by force; and both of these two qualities are suspect to the one who has become powerful.

Fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

Así pues, la ofensa que se les infiera ha de ser tal que les inhabilite para vengarse.

It is in the nature of things that every time you try to avoid one danger you run into another. Good sense consists in being able to assess the dangers and choose the lesser of various evils.

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must fall with the greatest loss

Si se conocen anticipadamente los males que pueden después manifestarse, lo que no concede el cielo más que a un hombre sabio y bien prevenido, quedan curados muy pronto. Pero cuando, por no haberlos conocido, se les deja tomar un incremento tal que llega a noticia de todo el mundo, no hay ya arbitrio que los remedie.

You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.

Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.

I've been burdened by questions I've asked myself a thousand times since the last time we were together. Why did I do it? And would I do it again? It was I, you see, who ended it.

Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn't, and then you lived with the choice you made.

When a person sets a thing in motion, there's a feeling of unease, almost regret, until you learn the truth.

You either did something about it or you didn't, and then you lived with the choice you made. It didn't

I know but no matter what I choose I have to live with it. For ever. I have to be able to go forward and not look back any more. Can you understand that?

Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words.

I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world.

The biggest mistake that I have made in my life is choosing Najib.

Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.

If you hurt someone intentionally, you changed your karmic destiny. If you were mean to someone, your karmic destiny changed to take into account what your meanness would create in your life and in the life of the person you were mean to — a constantly moving, shifting panorama of destinies.

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.