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Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
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,
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.
