(633 quotes found)
“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
Oscar Wilde
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
Albert Einstein
“The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing”
Voltaire
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets”
“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Happiness is not a reward / it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment / it is a result.”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“To take upon oneself not punishment, but guilt - that alone would be godlike”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.”
Woody Allen
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