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    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.]

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Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its read more

Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on
the bad.

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I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

by Nathaniel Cotton Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

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Send them into everlasting Coventry.

Send them into everlasting Coventry.

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'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.

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To kiss the rod.

To kiss the rod.

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Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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