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Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.]  
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.] 
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.
 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him 
chasteneth him betimes.  
 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him 
chasteneth him betimes. 
 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, 
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
 Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something 
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more 
 Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something 
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead. 
 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.