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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.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]
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
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
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.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.