You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
'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.
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.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
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.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
