Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

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.]

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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.

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty read more

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.