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That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible
consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went
before--consequences that read more
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible
consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went
before--consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a read more
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a la fuente.]
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]