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 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. 
 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, 
 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more 
 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
 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. 
 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.] 
 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. 
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
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.