A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Equal Offence Par Punishment

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman - Statesman
106 BC - 43 BC

Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends. [Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.]

Juvenal

Justice, though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight. [Lat., Raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit pede poena claudo.]

Horace

Let the die be cast. [Lat., Jacta alea esto; or, jacta esa alea.)

Suetonius

A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

Horace

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts.

Rosa DeLauro

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

Ovid

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]

Ovid

It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]

Ovid

The national laws of the five regions of India prescribe no cangue, beatings or prison. Those who are guilty are fined in accordance with the degree of the offence committed. There is no capital punishment.

Hyecho

You know what's funny, I really hate Par 3's. I feel like you have to be perfect from jumpstreet. But on Par 5's, you can mess up a little bit, but you still have time to adjust before you get to the hole and still end up with a birdie or a par.

Robert Horry

When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from grief at one's own conduct, be sure there is an angel nestling in the bosom.