Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

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.

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

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.]

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

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

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

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.