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I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out. — William James · 1890Some mistakes I guess we never stop paying for. — Roy Hobbs · 1984Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — Apostle Paul · 50What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616All 11 quotes →Butterfly effect1 quote
Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Consequences of greed1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Decisions and choices1 quote
We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out. — William James · 1890Formation of character1 quote
We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out. — William James · 1890Hell1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Legacy1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Legal theory1 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 · 1787Mistakes1 quote
Some mistakes I guess we never stop paying for. — Roy Hobbs · 1984Nature1 quote
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences. — Robert G. Ingersoll · 1881Personal growth1 quote
No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done. — Doug MacRay · 2010Repercussions1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000The past1 quote
What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616The road not taken1 quote
What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616