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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more
Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
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.
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons