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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.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he read more
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.