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    It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
    neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
    these little ones.

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

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

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And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

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And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done read more

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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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.

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If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

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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.

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Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

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Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

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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

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