31 quotes
“The arrow that has left the bow never returns.”
— Omar Khayyam
“Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not by entering the clefts of mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where one may be free from the consequences of an evil deed.”
— Unknown
“When anger rises think of the consequences.”
— Confucius
“The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.”
— Hesiod
“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses”
— Heraclitus
“The man who does ill must suffer ill.”
— Aeschylus
“Harm watch, harm catch.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.”
— Elbert Hubbard
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it”
“The act itself is its own reward, and the punishment of the act is the act itself.”
— Seneca
“Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer
“Not in the sky, nor in mid-ocean, nor in a mountain cave, is there a spot in the whole world where one may escape from the fruit of an evil action.”
— Gautama Buddha
“The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
— Sextus Empiricus
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves.”
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”
— William Shakespeare
“He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.”
“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
— Paul the Apostle
“He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”
— King Solomon
“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.”
— Solomon
“Not in the sky, nor in mid-ocean, nor in a mountain cave, is found that place on earth where abiding one may escape from the consequences of one's evil deed.”
“The deed cannot be undone; what is done is never lost, but comes back to find the doer.”
“Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not even in the clefts of the mountains is there a spot where a man may be freed from an evil deed.”
“Heaven's net is wide; coarse are the meshes, yet nothing slips through.”
— Lao Tzu
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
“The arrow once loosed from the bow does not return; so a word, once spoken, does not come back.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“An evil deed does not turn to cream right away, but like fire covered with ashes, it follows the fool, smoldering.”
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves”
“As she has done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against the Lord.”
— Jeremiah
“If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.”
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