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The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of read more
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men
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
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
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.
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can read more
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with
discretion.
[Lat., Diis proximus ille est
Quem ratio non ira movet: qui factor rependens
Consilio punire potest.]
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
