Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
