The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A man does not punish a crab by throwing it into the sea. (German)
A punishment always appears far more severe when it is inflicted by a merciful man. (Roman)
A sleepless night is the worst punishment. (Yiddish)
Criminals are punished, that others may be amended. (Italian)
Death punished him, but so also the earth that pressed over him. (Egyptian)
Do not pursue, with a weighty scourge, the person who deserves only a slight whip. (Roman)
Everyone takes his flogging in his own way. (French)
For punishment even a shadow is pursued. (Roman)
God does not smite with both hands. (Spanish)
It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. (Roman)
Let no one be punished for the fault of another. (Roman)
Let the punishment equal the crime. (Roman)
Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. (Roman)
Man punishes the action, but God the intention. (Spanish)
No one should be punished twice for the same crime. (Roman)
Rarely does punishment, even at a slow pace, fail to overtake the criminal in his flight. (Roman)
Strange sins, strange punishments. (Roman)
That fear may reach all, punish but a few. (Roman)
The best way to avoid punishment is to fear it. (Chinese)
The first and greatest punishment of sinners is the conscience of sin. (Roman)
The prince who does not punish informers encourages them. (Roman)
The time that precedes punishment is the severest part of it. (Roman)
Those acting and those consenting ought to bear equal punishment. (Roman)
Who does not punish the guilty is himself guilty. (German)
Who punishes one threatens a hundred. (French)
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