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 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. 
 Punishment follows close on crime.
 [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]  
 Punishment follows close on crime.
 [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.] 
 See they suffer death,
 But in their deaths remember they are men,
  Strain not the laws to read more 
 See they suffer death,
 But in their deaths remember they are men,
  Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous. 
 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, 
 My object all sublime
 I shall achieve in time--
  To let the punishment fit the crime.  
 My object all sublime
 I shall achieve in time--
  To let the punishment fit the crime. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can 
bear.  
 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can 
bear. 
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.