respice finem

English

Etymology

Latin respice fīnem

Phrase

respice finem

1. look to the end; consider the final outcome
   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 95, column 2:

     Miſtris reſpice finem, reſpect your end, or rather the propheſie like the Parrat, beware the ropes end.