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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.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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.
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read 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.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
