“ Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. ”
- Ernest Dimnet- Copy
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“ Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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“ The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. ”
- John Steinbeck- Copy
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“ The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and is it quite certain that we did nothing before we were born? This earth is not without some resemblance to a gaol. Who knows but that man is a victim of divine justice? Look closely at life… ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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