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Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
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.
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.]
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to read more
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.
Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more
Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.
