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    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.]

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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, read more

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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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.]

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Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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Send them into everlasting Coventry.

Send them into everlasting Coventry.

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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,

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Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

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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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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.

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