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That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
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.
