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Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a ... - Robert Green Ingersoll

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal ... - Margaret Mead

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.

Let's not talk punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

A fate is not a punishment.

Virtue is its own punishment.

Vices are their own punishment

Wickedness is its own punishment.

Punishment is lame, but it comes.

No one provokes me with impunity.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Every sin provokes its punishment.

Punishment follows close on crime.

I stew all night in my own grease.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Let the punishment match the offense.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

A bad deed always brings a punishment.

When hope is gone, time is punishment.

Regret is a form of punishment itself.

Hell is not punishment, it's training.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

An unjust punishment is never forgotten.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

The pleasing punishment that women bear.

Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

I'm not in this sport to take punishment.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Sin and the sinner both deserve punishment

I feel capitol punishment is dooming U.S.A.

I favor capital punishment. It saves lives.

Some things come with their own punishments.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Even the wicked get worse than they deserve.

I do not believe having a baby is punishment.

Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).

It's amazing how much punishment we can take.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

Sin contains its own judgement and punishment.

Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.

Capital punishment is neither cruel nor unusual.

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt.

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