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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
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
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
