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If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues? — John Churton Collins
Wickedness is its own punishment. — Francis Quarles
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor. — Seneca the Younger
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty… — John Philpot Curran
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be. — Lillian Hellman
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 Tolstoy
O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and… — Leonardo da Vinci
The majority of Americans get their news and information about what is going on with their government from entities that are licensed by and subject… — Neal Boortz
So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments. — Seneca the Younger
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving… — Alphonsus Liguori
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had… — Benjamin Rush
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would… — Christopher Hitchens
If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work;… — Albert Einstein
Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore, its… — John Shelby Spong
If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If,… — Sun Tzu
Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and… — Victor Hugo
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward and… — Michael Parenti
And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this earth on which… — Charles Dickens
I deplore the horrible crime of child-murder...We want prevention, not merely punishment. We must reach the root of the evil, and destroy it. — Susan B. Anthony
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good. — Horace Mann
There are no evil people; there are perfectly good people who are of the track, but they do not need condemnation or punishment; they only… — Wallace D. Wattles
Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins. — James Reston
Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin… — Princess Diana

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