#punished

No good deed goes unpunished. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

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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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I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much. ↗

— Margaret Cho

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One is punished by the very things by which he sins. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins. ↗

— Walter Lang

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I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished. ↗

— Heath Ledger

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As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

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The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

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As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. ↗

— George Mason

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All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ↗

— Voltaire

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