Punishment Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord God chasteneththee.
Bible, Deuteronomy
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher
He deserves to be preached to death by wild curates.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, writer
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven.
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist, dramatist
The first time a schoolmaster ordered me to take my trousers down I knew it was not from any doubt that he could punish me efficiently enough with them up.
Laurence (Lord) Olivier (1907-1989) British actor, director
He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognise me by my face.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
The Bible warns very strongly that you are to obey your parents. The rod is considered old-fashioned in many homes. Psychiatrists say it will warp your personality. When I did something wrong as a boy, my mother warped Fart of me, but it wasn’t my personality.
Billy Graham (b. 1918) American evangelist
Flogging is a form of debauchery.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
Gore Vidal (b. 1925) American novelist
The only true way to make the mass of mankind see the beauty of justice is by showing to them in pretty plain terms the consequences of injustice.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, writer
And where the offence is, let the great axe fall.
Claudius, Hamlet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
George Savile, Lord Halifax (1633-1695) English statesman, author
Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher
