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My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
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.
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.
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read more
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
