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proverb
Those who plot to commit evil deeds or harbor disgraceful thoughts deserve to have evil done to them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Compare with Anglo-Norman honi soit qui mal y pense ("shame on him who thinks evil of it"), the motto of the Order of the Garter.
