brew, so shall you bake, as you

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brew, so shall you bake, as you your circumstances will be shaped by your own initial actions. Recorded from the late 16th century; earlier related sayings in Middle English made the causal connection between brewing and drinking rather than brewing and baking. (Compare as you bake, so shall you brew, as you sow, so you reap.)

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