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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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Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

by Saint Augustine Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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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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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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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

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Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he read more

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.

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Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

by Euripides Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

by Voltaire Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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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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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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