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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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 rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
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.
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
