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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 25 likes | |
You were destined for me. Perhaps as a punishment. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 25 likes | |
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 13 likes | |
Fire and Axe to those who submit! — Theodoros Kolokotronis, 1770-1843, Hero of the Greek Revolution (during a crucial phase of the Greek Revolution, when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Morea) 12 likes | |
Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 6 likes | |
Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 5 likes | |
Repress, you will have less to punish. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 4 likes | |
The fault no child ever loses is the one he was most punished for. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 4 likes | |
It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 4 likes | |
Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much. — Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer 4 likes | |
If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 3 likes | |
A ruler should be slow to punish, and quick to reward. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 3 likes | |
Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 2 likes | |
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. | |
I wanted the minimum and they punished me with the maximum. | |
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. | |
Children are God's way of punishing us for having sex. | |
The executioner is the cornerstone of society. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher | |
It’s amazing how much punishment we can take. | |
What crime have we committed to deserve to be born? | |
Love is punishment. They punish us for not being able to be alone. | |
Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret. | |
There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that He believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment. |
Bible Quotes
Those unwilling to work will not get to eat. — Epistles of Paul ‐ 2 Thessalonians 3:10 4 likes |
Funny Quotes
I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
Don't punish anyone without investigating. Ανεξέταστον μη κόλαζε μηδένα. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 4 likes | |
For great wrongdoing there are great punishments from the gods. Των μεγάλων αδικημάτων μεγάλαι εισί και αι τιμωρίαι παρά των θεών. — Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History” 4 likes | |
Zeus punishes those who are too uppity. Ζευς κολαστής των άγαν υπερφρόνων. — Ancient Greek proverb ‐ Children of Hercules 4 likes | |
Cruel maybe your suffering, yet unholy were your deeds. Σχέτλια μεν έπαθες, ανόσια δ’ ειργάσω. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Electra 3 likes |