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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done read more
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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.
