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Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction lie. — Lawrence Durrell
Tattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's… — Unknown Author
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse;… — Joseph Lancaster
I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth! — Gil Gerard
When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. — Seneca the Younger
Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were just getting going… — Grete Waitz
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good… — Oscar Wilde
A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of crime. — Oscar Wilde
How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in… — Henry George
All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance. — Friedrich Nietzsche
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. — Michel Foucault
Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The… — Simone Weil
We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like… — Unknown Author
If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be… — Thomas Szasz
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes… — Marquis de Sade
I'm sure if the punishment fits the crime, or is more severe, you're going to start stamping out a lot of things that are going… — Alan Curbishley
In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment. — Olivia Wilde
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken… — Paul Elmer More
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the… — Tertullian
The pleasing punishment that women bear. — William Shakespeare
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he… — Alexander Berkman

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