Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. – Edward F. Halifax

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No one provokes me with impunity. – Mary Queen Of Scots

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Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free. – Horace

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Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. – Claude Levi-Strauss

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When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. – Italian Proverb

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