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Vladimir Nabokov
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
The compensation for a death sentence is knowledge
Vladimir Nabokov
Simone Weil
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.
Simone Weil
Rabindranath Tagore
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
He only may chastise who loves.
Rabindranath Tagore
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
The first of all laws is to respect the laws: the
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
George Orwell
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
The fact that the beating had not hurt was a sort
George Orwell
Montaigne
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
I have never observed other effects of whipping th
Montaigne
Don Marquis
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Many a man spanks his / children for / things his
Don Marquis
Ben Jonson
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as
Ben Jonson