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“Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.”

Mind Turns Vices Delight Punishment Vicious Fury

Book:The Works of Ben Jonson

Source: The Works of Ben Jonson

“There will be outrage and disgust and people will turn on me at the last, they will hate me, my reputation will forever be destroyed, my punishment earned, self-inflicted like this gunshot wound, and the world will finally know that I was the greatest feather man of them all.”

People Knows Men World Self Lasts Hate Turns Forever Wounds Punishment Reputation Destroyed Disgusting Feathers Turn-on Outrage Hate Me Self Inflicted Gunshots

Author:John Boyne

“These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him loose.”

Ends Moments Turns Crime Tvs Court Series Criminals Punishment Detectives Arrested Right Moment

Author:Robert Orben

“In using the strong hand, as now compelled to do, the government has a difficult duty to perform. At the very best, it will by turns do both too little and too much. It can properly have no motive of revenge, no purpose to punish merely for punishment's sake. While we must, by all available means, prevent the overthrow of the government, we should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln; Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings