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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.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, read more
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
these little ones.
Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.