#punish

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

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To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished. ↗

— William Hague

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But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

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Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished. ↗

— Willem Dafoe

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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

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