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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
'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.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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.]
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
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.]
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
