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And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Bible
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Bible
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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Bible
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
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Bible
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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Bible
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]
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Claudian (Claudianus)
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. [Lat., Diis proximus ille est Quem ratio non ira movet: qui factor rependens Consilio punire potest.]
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Euripides
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
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Euripides
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
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George Herbert
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne. [The wolf must die in his own skin.]
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Joseph Addison
See they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men, Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.
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Samuel Butler
Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow: Some kick'd until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
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