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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a read more
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
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.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
