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If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
'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.
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.
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.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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.]
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
