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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, read more
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
these little ones.
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its read more
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on
the bad.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
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.