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 Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the 
criminal.  
 Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the 
criminal. 
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of read more
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men
 Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
 [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]  
 Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
 [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] 
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.]  
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.] 
 Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked 
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its read more 
 Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked 
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on 
the bad. 
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read more
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.