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«He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.»
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg | Keywords: also, evil, punishment
«Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor. There are not exceptions. If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment, why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?»
«Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others»
Author: Jules Renard (Writer) | About: Failure, Sin | Keywords: laziness, punishment
«Happiness is not a reward / it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment / it is a result.»
«Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him»
«Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.»
«Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.»
«All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.»
«Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.»

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