Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
