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 Punishment follows close on crime.
 [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]  
 Punishment follows close on crime.
 [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.] 
 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, 
so shall it be done read more 
 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, 
so shall it be done to him;
 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath 
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 
 Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
   - Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,  
 Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
   - Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck, 
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
 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.] 
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.
 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.