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 Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the 
guilt; and also that some men do not read more 
 Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the 
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for 
which others are not even indicted.
 [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem 
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.] 
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
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.
 '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. 
 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee 
to enter into life maimed, read more 
 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee 
to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, 
into the fire that never shall be quenched:
 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can 
bear.  
 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can 
bear. 
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons