Discipline Quote by Saint Basil

A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned…

— B. F. Skinner

Adulterers, take warning, never admit.

— Samuel Beckett

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what…

— Seneca the Younger

The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

— Benjamin Disraeli

He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others:So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.

— Anonymous

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt…

— Thomas Szasz

There are cases in which a man would be ashamed not to have been imposed upon. There is a confidence necessary to human intercourse,…

— Edmund Burke

“He has been a trouble spot for many years in discipline, but has somewhat mended his ways. Requires the sanction of ‘losing a job’…

— Philip Norman

Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment on the individual, but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness, and fails…

— Oscar Wilde

While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral nature of a man, convert him into a serviceable…

— Liane Norman

As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they…

— Aristotle

Unlike financial impropriety, which needs to be proven, a charge of sexual loutishness and aggressiveness in and of itself can finish you off. Does…

— Michael Wolff