#punished

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#lies #punished #rewarded #truth #age

When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of grim satisfaction that the sinners had finally been punished for their wicked ways. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#america #been #came #crash #farms

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

#admit #chinese #farmers #feel #goal

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

— Hugh Leonard

#our #punished #said #sins #somebody

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

— George Mason

#nations #next #punished #rewarded #world

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished. ↗

— William Ernest Hocking

#feel #good #him #justice #man

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#been #crime #fit #i #punished

When I was in seventh grade my mom caught me smoking cigarettes and punished me by making me smoke the entire carton. All it did was piss me off because I was out of cigarettes. ↗

— Pink

#caught #cigarettes #did #entire #grade

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey. ↗

— Matthew Prior

#anger #cruel #dart #escape #fantastic

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur. ↗

— David Baldacci

#been #believe #citizen #fiction #injustice