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He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
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.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.
