Best Punishment Proverbs

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. — Plato
If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you — Genghis Khan
Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment. — Cynthia Lewis
Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment. — Gautama Buddha
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the… — Ulysses S. Grant
Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or turning state's evidence).… — Laura Schlessinger
The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men… — Robert H. Jackson
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. — Juvenal
No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely… — William James
How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all phantoms; for the… — John Ruskin
As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them to sin against… — Thomas Aquinas
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of… — Colin Greenwood
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell. — Seneca the Younger
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. — Vittorio Alfieri
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot. — Vittorio Alfieri
If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment Islam wouldn't exist today. — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world. — Pope John Paul II
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
The punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to… — Joyce Carol Oates
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member… — L. Neil Smith
AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save… — Jerry Falwell
An individual can be truly moral only when they are their own master. From the moment when they awaken to a comprehension of that which… — Unknown Author
The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than… — Richard G. Scott

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