A desperate villain drowns himself in his own sin; sin clings to himself. This follows in the nature of things; a man gets what he chooses. If a man is not careful, he has to suffer, he gets burned when he is not expecting. A mirror shows things as they are; how can it change a crooked nose?
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2477
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents