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It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
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.
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.]
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
