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Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
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.]
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
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.
