as you make your bed, so you must lie in it

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• Czech: jak si kdo ustele, tak si lehne — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• French: comme on fait son lit on se couche — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• German: wie man sich bettet, so liegt man — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís) — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Hungarian: ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Macedonian: како ќе си постелиш, така ќе си легнеш (kako ḱe si posteliš, taka ḱe si legneš) — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Polish: jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Romanian: cum îți așterni, așa dormi — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Russian: как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь (kak postélešʹ, tak i pospíšʹ) — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Russian: сам ка́шу завари́л, сам и ку́шай (sam kášu zavaríl, sam i kúšaj) — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Slovene: kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
• Yiddish: ווי דו וועסט דיך לייגן, אַזוי וועסטו שלאָפֿן (vi du vest dikh leygn, azoy vestu shlofn) — you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation