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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]
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.]
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.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
