The Internet never forgets

Meaning: Digital actions persist permanently; careless words or images posted online create lasting consequences beyond your control or deletion.

Origin: English proverb.

More proverbs about Perseverance

• There's a first time for everything — It is wise to try different sorts of things or experiences that one is unaccustomed to or…
• Third time's the charm — Persistence through repeated attempts eventually succeeds where earlier tries failed.
• Throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick — Regarding this "mud" term in particular, it may possibly reference a technique of buildin…
• Time heals all sorrows — Emotional pain gradually diminishes through the passage of days, weeks, and months.
• Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl — Association with morally corrupt people inevitably corrupts your own character and behavi…
• Advice comes too late when a thing is done. — Counsel offered after the deed is already done is worthless.

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