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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.
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.
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.
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.
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to read more
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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.]
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
