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Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
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.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
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.
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.
