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Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty read more
Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.
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.]
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
