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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.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
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.
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.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
