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Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
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.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
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.
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.]
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.