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    Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

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Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

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Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

by Richard Wright Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

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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.

by Juvenal Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a read more

It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.

by William Penn Found in: Reward Quotes,
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Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Punishment Quotes,
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'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.

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That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

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Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

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