@Foofie,
quote="Foofie"]
Quote:Is this saying not a modern version of,
"How ye sow, so shall ye reap"?
Maybe; I can think of looking at it from a few angles:
1. the literal agricultural sense
2. that principle applied to a man 's being properly paid
for working diligently
3. that by operation of some unseen metaphysical, noumenal hand,
justice will be executed upon u for good or for ill,
which is the subject matter of this thread.
Quote:Or, "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword"?
Well, if someone makes a career of living by the sword,
like a mercenary soldier, then presumably, eventally his luck will run out,
if only because the onset of old age may reduce his muscular motor skills.