English / proverb
Evil Be to Him Who Evil Thinks
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Disgrace or misfortune will befall anyone who harbors malicious thoughts or wrongfully attributes evil motives to others.
In context
01
Do not assume the remote villagers welcomed you with suspicious motives; evil be to him who evil thinks.
02
The cautious explorer distrusted his generous host, but reminding himself that evil be to him who evil thinks, he embraced the warmth.
Synonyms
shame on malice,evil rebounds on the thinker,ill will brings ill luck
Antonyms
charity toward all,good faith,positive assumptions
Collocations
motto of evil be to him who evil thinks,remember evil be to him who evil thinks,ancient saying evil be to him who evil thinks