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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
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.]
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
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.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
