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Punishment8 quotes
The broad effects which can obtained by punishment in man and beast are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but dos not make him "better." — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1887Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. — Adam Smith · 1759Let the punishment match the offense. — Cicero · 43 BCHere the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. — John Milton · 1644The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798All punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. — Jeremy Bentham · 1789All 8 quotes →Legal theory2 quotes
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. — Adam Smith · 1759Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. — John Milton · 1644Atonement1 quote
The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Banishment1 quote
A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. — God · 1405 BCExile1 quote
A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. — God · 1405 BCLaw1 quote
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. — John Milton · 1644Mercy1 quote
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. — Adam Smith · 1759Moral theory1 quote
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. — Adam Smith · 1759Paying your dues1 quote
The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Penance1 quote
The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Theory of punishment1 quote
Let the punishment match the offense. — Cicero · 43 BC