Philosophical literatureThe 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 NietzscheGenealogy of Morals · 1887★ 4.6
Philosophical literatureMercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.Adam SmithThe Theory of Moral Sentiments · 1759★ 3.9
Political literatureHere 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 MiltonAreopagitica · 1644★ 2.1
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