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Topic·Actions have consequences✕clear
American Revolutionary Period1 quote
Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787
Colonial America1 quote
Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745
New Testament Era1 quote
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — Apostle Paul · 50
Old Testament Era1 quote
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. — Hosea, 8:7 · 710 BC
The Renaissance1 quote
What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616