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«The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
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Solitude
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depends, haven, havens, prison, punishment, repose, reposed, reposes, reposing, sanctuaries, sanctuary, solitude
«Verily your deeds will be brought back to you, as if you yourself were the creator of your own punishment»
Author: Muhammad
(Religious leader)
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As If, Back to, brought, Creator, deeds, of your own, punishment, verily
«Vices are their own punishment»
«When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true»
«To take upon oneself not punishment, but guilt - that alone would be godlike»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
godlike, guilt, oneself, punishment
«The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. All that you despise, all that you loathe, all that you reject, all that you condemn and seek to convert by punishment springs from you.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
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condemn, convert, Crime and Punishment, despise, loathe, loathed, loathes, punishment, reject, springs, The Knowledge
«The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
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Crime
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criminals, good-for-nothing, hanged, punishment, The Criminals
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