| 51 Punishment Quotes
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“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
Oscar Wilde Quotes |
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“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes |
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“Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.”
Elbert Hubbard Quotes |
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“Let the punishment fit the crime”
Proverb Quotes |
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“The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men”
Plato Quotes |
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“Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Quotes |
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“Fear follows crime, and is its punishment”
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“Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.”
Elbert Hubbard Quotes |
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“Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons”
Richard Wright Quotes |
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“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.”
Thomas S. Szasz Quotes |
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“To kiss the rod.”
Unattributed Author Quotes Source: History of Reynard the Fox, (William Caxton's translation, printed by him) (1481)
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“See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.”
Joseph Addison Quotes Source: Cato (act III, sc. 5)
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“And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
Bible Quotes Source: Deuteronomy (ch. XIX, v. 21)
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“And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.”
Bible Quotes Source: Genesis (ch. IV, v. 13)
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“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.”
Bible Quotes Source: Genesis (ch. IX, v. 6)
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“And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.”
Bible Quotes Source: Leviticus (ch. XIX, v. 19-20)
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“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.”
Bible Quotes Source: Luke (ch. XVII, v. 2)
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“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.”
Bible Quotes Source: Mark (ch. IX, v. 43-44)
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“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.”
Bible Quotes Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 24)
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“Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,”
Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck Quotes Source: to Mr. Malet at Meaux, at the time of the Franco-German war
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“Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.”
Samuel Butler (1) Quotes Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto I, l. 121)
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“Frieth in his own grease.”
Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes Source: The Canterbury Tales (V, 6069), The Wife of Bath's Tale
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“Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]”
Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) Quotes Source: De Legibus (bk. III, 20)
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“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.]”
Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 23)
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“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.]”
Claudian (Claudianus) Quotes Source: De Consulatu Malii Theodori Panygyris (CCXXVII)
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