Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.
– Leonardo da Vinci
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- Nourish the body, nourish the soul. Punish the body, punish the soul. – ML Shanahan
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- Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. – Leonardo da Vinci
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- He who wishes to be rich within a day, will be hanged within a year. – Leonardo da Vinci
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- Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it? – James Fenimore Cooper
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