Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say
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Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
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Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
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I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.
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Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.
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Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.
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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
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Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos
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Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
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Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.
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One often gets what one disdains
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences
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Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
Consequences are unpitying.
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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The sparks fly in his face.
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A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
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In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a small American flag draped over it. We were bringing another American soldier, just killed, home to his family and final resting place. The starkness of his coffin in the center of the hold, the silence except for the din of the engines, was a real time cold reminder of the consequences of decisions for which we Senators share responsibility.
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