Quote Genre: Punish

Prophet Muhammad – ‘Verily the reward is as grea…

‘Verily the reward is as great as the misfortune; that is the more unfortunate and calamitous one is the greater and more perfect his reward. And verrily when God loveth a people He entangleth it in misfortune; therefore he who … Continue reading →

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Proverb – ‘We are not punished for our …

‘We are not punished for our sins but by them.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘REPENTANCE n. The faithful a…

‘REPENTANCE n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.’

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Plato – ‘It is as expedient that a wi…

‘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.’

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Saint Augustine of Hippo – ‘Punishment is justice for th…

‘Punishment is justice for the unjust.’

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John Locke – ‘If punishment makes not the …

‘If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.’

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Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal – ‘One man meets an infamous pu…

‘One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.’

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Adolf Hitler – ‘Should unnecessary sorrow or…

‘Should unnecessary sorrow or suffering ever come to my people because of my actions then I beseech the Almighty God to punish me.’

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Elbert Hubbard – ‘Men are not punished for the…

‘Men are not punished for their sins but by them.’

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Nathaniel Hawthorne – ‘The best of us being unfit t…

‘The best of us being unfit to die what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.’

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