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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
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.
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.
'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.
