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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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.]
'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.
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
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.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
