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by Ralph Waldo Emerson    ( comments )

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Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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by Plato    ( comments )

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It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; more

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

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by John Locke    ( comments )

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If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

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by Saint Augustine    ( comments )

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Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

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by Juvenal    ( comments )

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One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.

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by Nathaniel Hawthorne    ( comments )

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The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

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by Don Marquis    ( comments )

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Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

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by Oscar Wilde    ( comments )

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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.

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by John Ruskin    ( comments )

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Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

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by Hedda Hopper    ( comments )

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Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty more

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

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