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“The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.”

Greater Envy Punishment Tyrants Envious Envied Sicilian Envy And Success

Author:Horace

“Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.”

People Men Heart Mean Doe Light Law Values Loss Greater Security Property Punishment Insecure Capital Punishment

Author:Elizabeth Fry

“The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.”

Greater Envy Punishment Tyrants Sicilian

Author:Juvenal

“The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn and each stationary.”

Said Sides Justice Lord Greater Crime England Punishment Chiefs Vehicle Horns Judicial Collision Investigating Stationary Chief Justice

Author:Philip Guedalla

“There is no crime greater, or more worthy of punishment, than being strange and frightened among the strange and frightened; except assimilation to the end of becoming strange and frightened, but apart from ones own real self.”

Real Ends Self Greater Crime Strange Becoming Worthy Punishment Frightened Assimilation Real Self

Book:The Indian Wants the Bronx

Source: The Indian Wants the Bronx