Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty read more

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, read more

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
these little ones.

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.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.