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Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more
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humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done read more
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.