"Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter."

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Richard Whately

#Men Quotes #Law Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Heathcliff. The "hero" of Wuthering Heights. Although no one knows why. He's mean, moody, and possibly a bit on the pongy side. Cathy loves him, though. She shows this by viciously rejecting him and marrying someone else for a laugh. Still, that is true love on the moors for you.”
“9p.m. My flat. Feel very strange and empty. Is all very well thinking everything is going to be different when you come back but then it is all the same. Suppose I have to make it different. But what am I going to do with my life? I know. Will eat some cheese.”
“Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.”
“It is not cheerful for a girl to discover within twenty-four hours of her wedding that her husband is a hopeless drunkard, and to see him die of delirium tremens within six weeks. An experience so vivid, like lightning must blast something in a woman's conception of life. Because one man's kisses reeked of whisky the kisses of all male humanity were anathema.”
“The end doesn't justify the means.”
“Stop explaining yourself. Shut up and act!”
“You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.”
“The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans.”

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