Quotes About Consequence

One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god.

Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?

the true cost of anything is what we give up in order to have it. It is the path not taken. To take the responsibility of making the choice is crucial and not always easy.

The price we pay is the path not taken, that which we give up.

el verdadero coste de cualquier cosa es aquello a lo que renunciamos para obtenerla. Es el camino no tomado.

She made no comment, however—possibly on the principle that once the horse had bolted there was not very much to be gained from closing the stable door—merely placed the fresh bundle on top of his bedside cupboard.

Tout empire commence par un grand crime", il avait entendu cette phrase dans une conversation sans savoir de qui elle était mais elle lui avait plu.

Tout empire commence par un grand crime", il avait entendu cette phrases dans une conversation sans savoir de qui elle était mais elle lui avait plu.

I have a theory that every time you make an important choice, the part of you left behind continues the other life you could have had.

It's all a romantic dream now. It's over. I made my choices long ago, and this is where they've led me.

Somebody told me, before we got on the train," he says, "if you fall, if you see your arm or your leg getting sucked under there, you have a split second to decide whether or not to put your head in there too." The young man blinks into the camera. "I made the wrong choice," he says.

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

drown or blow up.

I had learned a fundamental truth about killing: The victim's anguish is brief and fleeting, but the murderer's endures forever.

That's the problem with the finite. You can open only one door at a time, and you'll never know what was behind the door you didn't open.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.

Either do it or don't do it. You'll regret it either way

Much of history results from apparently unrelated dominoes tumbling one over another.

If you want to, and you don't, then that's on you.

Whenever you go with the cheaper option, you end up regretting it

must've stepped in dog poop when I walked in the grass. And I knew EXACTLY where it happened, too. SQUISH I took my shoe off and went to the front of the room to tell Mrs. Pope about my situation. But I think Mrs. Pope thought I was trying to skip out on the pop quiz, because she gave me

If you are not affected, if you are not hurt by what we do, then you will not do anything to stop it. The war will simply continue. As long as it is just the soldiers

Oh, well," the chief of police would say, "that's what you get for ignoring a sign written in blood.

Though I'd considered the idea of killing him a million times, once I made the decision to actually do it, I knew it had to be that night. It was sort of like that big public speaking engagement you're dreading, and you just want it to be over so you can stop worrying about it.