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Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
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.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
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.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
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.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
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.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
