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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
'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.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, read more
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell,
into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.