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One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, read more
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell,
into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
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.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.