#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

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Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

#never #punished #tyrants

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief. ↗

— John Howard

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We are punished by our sins, not for them. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Voltaire

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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion. ↗

— Thomas More

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Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors. ↗

— James Buchan

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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

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A good deed never goes unpunished. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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