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I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read more
It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
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.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
