“You should never forget the strong reactions people around you will have to the content of your mistakes, long after you’ve forgiven yourself.” — Peter Welch, And Then I Thought I Was a Fish
Tag: consequences
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“No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions. Not even death.” — R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet
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“One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one’s acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.” — John Williams, Augustus
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“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead.” — James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
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“Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions.” — Friedrich Hayek
“Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions.” — Friedrich Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty
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“There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.” — Robert G. Ingersoll, The North American Review, August 1881
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” — Susan B. Anthony, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony
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“You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Circle
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“At some point, consequences matter.” — Joseph Nye, Understanding International Conflicts