Quotes About Responsibility

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

Verily a prosperous fool is a heavy load.

Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.

If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.

For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

There is no avoidance in delay.

Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

Little liberties are great offenses.

Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.

The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.

The more honor, the more danger.

Do nothing without regard to the consequences.

Who shall bell the cat?

The boy cried "Wolf, wolf!" and the villagers came out to help him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.

A word uttered cannot be taken back