“ Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal. ”
- Elizabeth Fry- Copy
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“ Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad. ”
- Euripides- Copy
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“ By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. ”
- Jane Porter- Copy
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“ You say "society must exact vengeance, and society must punish." Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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“ A punishment that penalizes without forestalling is indeed called revenge. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
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“ I don't think of it as retaliation. I don't think of it as punishment. ”
- Donald Rumsfeld- Copy
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“ Very often actual revenge is beyond our means, and we are driven to indulge in prospective, circuitous, and imaginary retaliations, from thence deriving a few drops of satisfaction in the ideal form. ”
- Alexander Bain- Copy
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“ Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone. ”
- Hedda Hopper- Copy
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“ You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. ”
- Lou Holtz- Copy
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“ Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ”
- Hosea Ballou- Copy
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“ To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
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“ But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate. ”
- Terry Goodkind- Copy
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“ There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment. ”
- Cicero- Copy
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“ Vengeance is just:Justly we rid the earth of human fiendsWho carry hell for pattern in their souls.But in high vengeance there is noble scorn:It tortures not the torturer, nor givesIniquitous payment for iniquity.The great avenging angel does not crawlTo kill the serpent with a mimic fang;He stands erect, with sword of keenest edgeThat slays like lightning. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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