Ill doinges, breed ill thinkinges. And corrupted manners, spryng perverted iudgements.
[a 1568 R. Ascham Schoolmaster (1570) i. 27]
Ill doers, ill deemers.
[1721 J. Kelly Scottish Proverbs 176]
Ill doers are ay ill dreaders.
[1737 A. Ramsay Scots Proverbs xix.]
Put me not to quote the old saw, that evil doers are evil dreaders.—It is your suspicion, not your knowledge, which speaks.
[1828 Scott Fair Maid of Perth II. v.]
If you were more trustful, it would better befit your time of life. ‥We have a proverb‥that evil doers are aye evil-dreaders.
[1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii.]
Related to: conscience; wrong-doers
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