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punishment
PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment. Ambrose Bierce
punishment amnesty would-be
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
punishment world prison
Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world. Abraham Lincoln
punk reactions craze
When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time. Anna Sui
punishment feet justice
Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you. Aeschylus
punishment path repentance
Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future. Richard G. Scott
punishment wish might
I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me. Bram Fischer
punishment religion doe
Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience. August Strindberg
punishment religion stones
Irish Catholicism is very much founded on the stone of fear and of punishment. Edna O'Brien
punishment champion suffering
It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment. Anton Chekhov
punishment cupboards
Some things come with their own punishments. Arundhati Roy
punishment faces habit
He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face. Anthony Trollope
punishment dumb soul
Current Catholic worship often ignores the essential connection between truth and beauty, body and soul, at the center of the Catholic worldview. The Church requires that we be faithful, but must we also be deaf, dumb, and blind? I deserve to suffer for my sins, but must so much of that punishment take place in church? Dana Gioia
punishment way psychological
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. B. F. Skinner
punishment would-be today
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. Arlen Specter
punishment spirit break
Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them. Barbara Deming
punishment tyrants envy
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. Juvenal
punishment evil guilt
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience. [Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.]
punishment affection natural
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved. Charlotte Bronte
punishment suffering sides
God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it . Charles Caleb Colton
punctuation pipers deals
Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. Charles Dickens
punishment joy endless
Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy. Charles Spurgeon
punishment words-of-wisdom rooms
The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime, but there has to be a crime." David Shore
punishment unjust administration
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment. Bryan Stevenson
punishment crime certainty
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment Cesare Beccaria
punishment might body
All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism. Catherine the Great
punishment people administration
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. Chanakya
punishment desperate individual
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later. Charles Mackay
punishment needs swiftness
There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of the United States. We need to send the message of swiftness and certain punishment. Bill McCollum
punishment might rewards
I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair. Kurt Vonnegut
punishment roots evil
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics. Bertrand Russell
punch throw
We wanted to throw the first punch and come out like we did.
punishment understanding process-of-change
The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration. Carl Jung