Punishment

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

—  Theodoros Kolokotronis, 1770-1843, Hero of the Greek Revolution

     (during a crucial phase of the Greek Revolution, when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Morea)

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

—  Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist

—  Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

—  Barbara Walters, 1929-2022, American TV journalist

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

—  Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer

—  Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

—  Epistles of Paul ‐ 2 Thessalonians 3:10

—  Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer

Ζευς κολαστής των άγαν υπερφρόνων.

—  Ancient Greek proverb ‐ Children of Hercules

Ανεξέταστον μη κόλαζε μηδένα.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Των μεγάλων αδικημάτων μεγάλαι εισί και αι τιμωρίαι παρά των θεών.

—  Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History”

Σχέτλια μεν έπαθες, ανόσια δ’ ειργάσω.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Electra