(633 quotes found)
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
Albert Einstein
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde
“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
“All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing”
Voltaire
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
Buddha
“Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.”
Woody Allen
“To take upon oneself not punishment, but guilt - that alone would be godlike”
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