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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
'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.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can read more
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with
discretion.
[Lat., Diis proximus ille est
Quem ratio non ira movet: qui factor rependens
Consilio punire potest.]
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.
